Shantaram Bhikan Mahajan v. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
Consent-order disposal (with express no-opinion-on-merits) of a writ petition by an Assistant Law Officer challenging the BMC Law Officer's order dated 10.07.2024 demoting him from Assistant Law Officer (Grade I) to Assistant Law Officer (Grade-II); the impugned order, passed without considering the petitioner's representation dated 10.06.2024, is to be reconsidered by the BMC Commissioner (Respondent No. 2) in light of that representation and any additional representation, with a fresh order after granting hearing, preferably within 3 weeks; rights and contentions kept open; expressly not to be treated as a precedent. Parties: Shantaram Bhikan Mahajan v. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation & Ors. Bench: R.I. Chagla, J. and Advait M. Sethna, J. Relevant tags: consent order, demotion, promotion dispute, reconsideration, representation, municipal corporation service matter, non-precedential order.