Kavita Ravindra Patil v. the Union of India through Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Salary arrears of absorbed eligible teachers; alleged parity only with teachers who filed contempt proceedings; payment directions for April 2018 to April 2025; six-week eligibility ascertainment; twelve-week disbursal via Maharashtra Education Department instructed through AGP; Aurangabad bench disposal of Writ Petition No. 492/2024 and four allied petitions; nineteen writ petitions detagged.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondents to pay the petitioners' salary arrears for April 2018 to April 2025 after ascertaining eligibility within six weeks, with the learned AGP to instruct the State Government (Education Department) to verify eligibility and disburse the arrears within twelve weeks. ¶38