Ratna Magan Bhamare and Others v. the State of Maharashtra and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar; one step promotional pay scale; G.R. dated 06.08.2002; Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024; Government Resolution dated 14.08.2008; tribal area; PESA area; Zilla Parishad employees; private institution employees; Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Primary Education Officer; salary with arrears; scrutiny of records and deployment; notice and hearing within 120 days; statutory remedy; General Administration Department; batch of 23 writ petitions; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa vs. State of Maharashtra (WP 8824/2021, Principal Bench, 21.12.2021); WP 13842/2025; similarly situated petitioners; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; Smt Vibha Kankanwadi; Ajit B. Kadethankar; decided 08-05-2026; writ petitions allowed.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued to the Respondent/Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad to scrutinize the petitioners' records and places of deployment within 30 days considering the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 and/or any other relevant Government Resolution; cases with no legal impediment after verification to be cleared and one-step pay-scale salary benefits (Tribal and PESA areas) paid with arrears and current salary within 30 days thereafter; ineligible petitioners to be noticed, heard (hearing completed within 120 days) and an appropriate order passed granting benefits to the eligible; liberty reserved to petitioners suffering adverse orders to avail statutory remedies in the light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 issued by the General Administration Department.