Bhagyashri Vikas Jaybhaye v. the State of Maha., Thr. Secretary, Dept. of Public Health Officer, Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Pay-parity writ petitions (six connected matters, W.P. Nos. 2971/2991/2993/2996/2998/4331 of 2025) before Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, decided 25.11.2025 by Anil S. Kilor and Rajnish R. Vyas, JJ. Petitioners sought payment as per the minimum pay-scale at the lowest grade of the regular pay-scale extended to regular employees holding the same post (Department of Public Health, Government of Maharashtra). Petitions disposed of by directing the authority to treat them as representations and decide within 10 weeks in light of the Bombay Principal Seat order dated 22/11/2024 in W.P. No.16763 of 2024 (Akram Harun Shaikh and Ors. v. State of Maharashtra); adverse orders, if any, to be intimated within two weeks. Keywords: minimum pay-scale, regular employees, same post, representation, Akram Harun Shaikh, Public Health Department.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of with directions to the respondent/authority to treat them as representations and decide them within 10 weeks in light of the Court's order dated 22/11/2024 in Writ Petition No.16763 of 2024 (Akram Harun Shaikh); petitioners' counsel to furnish copies of the petitions and the order within two weeks; any adverse order to be communicated to the petitioners within two weeks thereafter.