Shaikh Mukhtar Khadar and Others v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Pay parity; contractual ambulance drivers engaged through contractor; Primary Health Centres; Zilla Parishad Latur; minimum pay scale lowest grade; salary in pay scale; arrears from date of petition; eight weeks disbursement; Article 226; State of Maharashtra; Dhiraj Sudhakarrao Wankhede v. Zilla Parishad Chandrapur W.P. No.2247/2014; Ashok Dhondiba Meher v. State of Maharashtra W.P. (Stamp) No.92361/2020; SLP (C) No.8395/2021 confirmed 23.03.2022; neutral citation 2025:BHC-AUG:4793-DB; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; Per Court Patil and Khubalkar JJ.; writ petition partly allowed.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition partly allowed: petitioners held entitled to salary as per the minimum pay scale at the lowest scale from the date of petition, with arrears to be disbursed within eight weeks; no relief sought in terms of prayer clause C.