State of Maha. Thr. Principal Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department, Mumbai and Anr. v. Rekhram Bakaram Bhendarkar
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 3178/2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Nagpur Bench, decided 10/07/2025 by Nitin W. Sambre and M. M. Nerlikar, JJ.; petitioners: State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department (counsel Mrs. Kalyani Marpakwar, AGP); respondent: Rekhram Bakaram Bhendarkar. Subject: Assured Career Progression Scheme (ACPS) benefits under Government Resolution dated 14.08.2018 granted by the Tribunal to respondent employees from date of inception (date of joining training); State contention on group-category eligibility and reply before Tribunal rejected; Tribunal upheld as rightly relying on Division Bench judgment in Writ Petition No. 2605/2017 (Principal Seat, 06.02.2019); writ petition dismissed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
It is the State's own policy, reflected in the Resolution dated 14.08.2018, which confers benefits to the respondent employees to be calculated from the date of inception, i.e., the date of joining the training.