Purushottam S/O Namdev Ghugal and Others v. State of Maha., Dept. of Skill Dev. Employment and Entrepreneurship Thr. Secy., Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-Judge oral judgment (Smt. M. S. Jawalkar, J.), Bombay High Court Nagpur Bench, WRIT PETITION NO.2976/2024, decided 25/03/2025 (neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:3205). Nine serving employees of the Vocational Education and Training establishment (petitioner No.4 dead, represented by LRs) challenged rejection of interim relief in Complaint ULP No. 162/2023 and a recovery order dated 13/02/2024 seeking refund of ACP Scheme amounts after refusal of temporary promotions. Held: temporary promotion cannot justify recovery; Industrial Court's rejection of interim relief left undisturbed; recovery letter (Annexure 'O', 13/02/2024) stayed till disposal of the ULP complaint; complaint to be decided within six months; petition partly allowed. No statutes or precedents cited in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
Recovery order dated 13/02/2024 stayed till final disposal of Complaint ULP No. 162/2023; no interference with the Industrial Court's rejection of interim relief below Exh. U-2; Industrial Court directed to decide Complaint ULP No. 162/2023 as expeditiously as possible, within six months.