Vijay Harish Parmalkar and Others v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar; one step promotional pay scale; one-step payscale; tribal area; PESA area; Government Resolution 06.08.2002; Government Resolution 29.02.2024; Resolution 14.08.2008; General Administration Department; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Education Officer (Secondary); scrutiny of records; deployment; salary arrears; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa W.P. 8824/2021; W.P. 13842/2025; batch of 38 writ petitions allowed with scrutiny-first directions; statutory remedy against adverse order.
What did the court decide?
Directions 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; cases without legal impediment to be cleared and one-step payscale salary benefits with arrears and current salary paid within a further 30 days; ineligible Petitioners to be noticed and heard (hearing within 120 days) before an appropriate order granting benefits to those found eligible; Petitioners suffering adverse orders free to avail statutory remedies in light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 (General Administration Department).