Prakash Ramsing Chavan v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Others

Bombay HC6 Apr 2026WP/3313/2026

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What is this about?

Old pension scheme; administrative sanction; quashing of communication dated 08.02.2025 issued by respondent No.2; pending old pension proposal dated 12.11.2025; prayer clause C communication dated 27.01.2026 by Director, Other Backward Class Welfare Department; petition disposed with direction to respondent No.1 to decide proposal within 12 weeks; AGP undertaking; Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court, 2026.

What did the court decide?

Respondent No.1 directed to decide the petitioner's pending old pension proposal within 12 weeks from the date of the order; learned AGP's statement on instructions from respondent No.2 taken as undertaking. ¶¶18

Prakash Ramsing Chavan vs the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Others — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the communication dated 08.02.2025 issued by respondent No.2 should be quashed and administrative sanction granted so that the old pension is made applicable to the petitioner. +1 more

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Ratio / Principle

This Court disposed of the petition by directing respondent No.1 to decide the petitioner's pending old pension proposal within a period of 12 weeks from the date of the order.

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Key takeaways

This Court took as an undertaking the statement of the learned AGP, given on instructions from respondent No.2, that the said proposal would be decided within a period of 12 weeks.ratio¶¶17

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Writ Petition No. 3313 of 2026, Prakash Ramsing Chavan v. The State of Maharashtra through its Principal Secretary and others, High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Aurangabad Bench (Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ., PER COURT), decided 06.04.2026. The petition sought quashing of a communication dated 08.02.2025 issued by respondent No.2 and direction to respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 5 to grant administrative sanction making the old pension applicable to the petitioner; alternatively, that respondent Nos. 1 and 2 decide the petitioner's pending old pension proposal dated 12.11.2025 and release the amount. Under prayer clause 'C', attention was drawn to a communication dated 27.01.2026 issued by the Director, Other Backward Class Welfare Department to the Secretary of that department, with the proposal still pending and opinions of various departments and authorities already forwarded. The learned AGP waived notice for respondent Nos. 1 to 5 and, on instructions from respondent No.2, undertook that the proposal would be decided within 12 weeks; the Court took the statement as an undertaking and disposed of the petition by directing respondent No.1 to decide the proposal within 12 weeks from that day.

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2026:BHC-AUG:20638-DB

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(This order has been corrected pursuant to Speaking to Minutes of order dated 06.05.2026) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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WRIT PETITION NO. 3313 OF 2026

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Prakash Ramsing Chavan

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VERSUS

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The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Others

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Mr. P. B. Borse Patil, Advocate for petitioner Mr. A. M. Phule, AGP for respondent Nos. 1 to 5

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CORAM : Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar, JJ. DATE : 06^th April, 2026

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PER COURT :-

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Not on Board. Upon mentioning, taken on Board.

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Leave to amend to be carried out forthwith.

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Present petition has been filed for quashing the

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communication dated 08.02.2025, issued by respondent No.2 and then directing the respondent Nos. 1, 2 and 5 to grant administrative sanction for the old pension to be made applicable to the petitioner. The alternative prayer is to direct the respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to take the decision on the pending old pension proposal dated 12.11.2025 of the petitioner and release the amount. The petitioner is presently present for prayer clause ‘C’ by handing over the communication dated 27.01.2026,

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issued by Director, Other Backward Class Welfare Department to the Secretary of the said department. It has been stated that this proposal is still pending and opinions which were taken of the various departments and the authorities have been forwarded along with the said.

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Learned AGP waives notice for respondent Nos. 1 to 5 and upon instructions from respondent No. 2, submits that the said proposal would be decided within a period of 12 weeks from today. The said statement is taken as undertaking.

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We dispose of the petition by directing the respondent No.

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1 to decide the said proposal within a period of 12 weeks from today.

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(Hiten S. Venegavkar, J.)

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(Smt. Vibha Kankanwadi, J.)

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Prakash Ramsing Chavan v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Others

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