Gajanan Raghunath Bari v. Milind Mhaiskar The State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt petition; contempt jurisdiction; salary arrears; release of deposited amount; partial withdrawal of 50%; balance of equities; past services; Chart-I / Chart-II eligibility classification; interest accrued on deposits; conditional release subject to pending Writ Petitions; orders of ineligibility; School Education and Sports Department; State of Maharashtra; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; batch disposal; Cont. Petition No. 235 of 2024 in CP/282/2018; order dated 19.11.2025; deposit of Rs.29,25,82,963/- on 13.01.2026; 39 eligible petitioners; 71 ineligible petitioners.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw deposited salary-arrear amounts: the 39 petitioners shown in Chart-I may withdraw the entire calculated amount with interest accrued till date; the 71 petitioners shown in Chart-II may withdraw 50% of the calculated amount with interest accrued till date; all withdrawals are subject to the final outcome of the pending Writ Petitions challenging the subsequent orders of ineligibility, and withdrawal of the remaining amount is subject to further orders of this Court in those Writ Petitions.