Dipali Kapil Narwade and Another v. State of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Dept. of Public Health, Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Minimum pay scale; parity with Ward Boys; petition treated as representation; respondent nos. 4 and 5; decision in light of order dated 06/04/2022 in Writ Petition No. 1305/2021 with connected Writ Petitions; ten-week timeline; communication within two weeks; Zilla Parishad as competent authority; State of Maharashtra Department of Public Health; Nagpur Bench, Bombay High Court; petitions disposed of without adjudicating entitlement; no monetary award.
What did the court decide?
No monetary relief adjudicated. Respondent nos. 4 and 5 directed to treat the petitions as representations and take an appropriate decision in light of the order dated 06/04/2022 passed in Writ Petition No. 1305/2021 with connected Writ Petitions, within ten weeks of production of copies; decision to be communicated within two weeks thereafter; if the competent authority is found to be the Zilla Parishad, relevant papers to be forwarded to it and the Zilla Parishad to decide.