Ghanasham Bhimaji Nawale and Others v. the State of Maharashtra through the Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
One-step pay scale stoppage quashed; employees in tribal and PESA areas; State of Maharashtra education department; Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Ahilyanagar (Ahmednagar); verification/scrutiny of deployment records; payment of salary benefits with arrears; notice and hearing before adverse orders; liberty for statutory remedy; follows directions in Shivaji Kashinath Burke v. State of Maharashtra, WP No.11642/2024 dated 17.10.2024; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; decided 08.01.2025; Ghanasham Bhimaji Nawale v. State of Maharashtra, WP No.253/2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed in the petitioners' favour: the impugned stoppage of one-step pay scale quashed and set aside; Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Ahilyanagar (respondent No.5) directed to verify records within 8 weeks, pay eligible petitioners' one-step pay-scale benefits with arrears and current salaries within 4 weeks thereafter, grant notice and hearing before any adverse orders (hearing to complete within 4 months), with liberty to pursue statutory remedies against adverse orders.