Dattatray Karbhari Deore and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Its Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar; one step pay scale; one-step pay-scale; Tribal area; PESA area; difficult area; time bound promotion; Time Bound Promotion; 12 years continuous service benefit; Zilla Parishad Nashik; Government Resolution dated 06.08.2002; Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024; General Administration Department; salary arrears; writ of Mandamus; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa vs. The State of Maharashtra; Writ Petition No. 8824 of 2021; similarly situated Petitioners; scrutiny of records; verification of deployment; statutory remedy; Bombay High Court; writ petitions allowed.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petitions allowed with directions to Respondent No.6/Zilla Parishad Nashik to scrutinize the Petitioners' records and places of deployment within 30 days considering the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024; to clear cases having no legal impediment and pay one-step pay-scale (Ekstar) benefits with arrears and current salary within 30 days thereafter; to issue notice and hear Petitioners found ineligible (hearing to be completed within 120 days) before passing appropriate orders; and to leave Petitioners aggrieved by adverse orders free to avail statutory remedies.