Pankaj Subhash Mali and Others v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: one-step pay-scale; Tribal and PESA areas; recovery quashed and set aside; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Chief Executive Officer verification 60 days; hearing within 120 days; Government Resolution dated 29/02/2024 and 29.02.2024; General Administration Department; State of Maharashtra; follow-on writ petition on covered grievance; relies on/follows Writ Petition No.8788/2025 and connected matters dated 21.07.2025 (Manish Pitale and Y.G. Khobragade, JJ.); Aurangabad Bench 2026; salary arrears; current salary; statutory remedy.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition allowed in the same terms as this Court's order dated 21.07.2025 in Writ Petition No.8788/2025: the impugned recovery action initiated by the Respondents is quashed and set aside; Respondent No.6/Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nandurbar to scrutinize the records and deployment places of the petitioners within 60 days considering the Government Resolution dated 29/02/2024; cases without legal impediment to be cleared and one-step pay-scale salary benefits (Tribal and PESA areas) paid along with arrears and current salary within 30 days thereafter; ineligible petitioners to be noticed and heard (exercise completed within 120 days) with appropriate orders granting benefits to those found eligible; petitioners suffering adverse orders at liberty to pursue statutory remedies in light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 issued by the General Administration Department.