Mr. Saple Rajendra Vaman v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Consent terms 13.09.2021; W.P. No.2549 of 2018; Rayat Shikshan Sanstha; assistant teachers temporary/clock-hour basis; combined seniority list 1626 persons; 268 petitioners and 1358 non-petitioners; 1144 aided vacancies; 814 Pavitra Portal advertisements; 1481 aided vacancies; 610 approval proposals, 274 approved, 336 rejected; Rule 12 MEPS Rules 1981 Schedule F; Rule 41A(1)(c) five-year condition; Rule 41A(1)(d) transfer restriction; MEPS Rules 2020; Gorakh Moreshwar Deokar CA 1873/2024; PIL No.8 of 2015 cutoff; Single Member Committee; Justice Rajesh G. Ketkar (retired); report by 31.05.2026; regularization; absorption unaided to aided; Maharashtra school education service disputes.
What did the court decide?
Claims of the Petitioners and similarly situated employees (including non-petitioners who never approached the Court) referred to a Single Member Committee of Hon'ble Shri Justice Rajesh G. Ketkar (retired Judge, Bombay High Court) on the framed Terms of Reference; State to arrange venue, stenographer and two assistants, with conference expenses and honorarium shared equally by the State Government and Rayat Management; report preferably by 31.05.2026 with extension only via a single Interim Application; implementation thereafter through consequential orders under the MEPS Act and MEPS Rules, 1981; all Writ Petitions and pending Civil/Interim Applications disposed of.