Pramod Dadaji Shinde v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary Tribal Development Department and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar; one step promotional pay scale; tribal area; PESA area; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Education Officer (Secondary); Government Resolution 06.08.2002; Government Resolution 14.08.2008 clarification; Government Resolution 29.02.2024; General Administration Department; salary with arrears; scrutiny of eligibility; similarly situated petitioners; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa vs. State of Maharashtra, W.P. No. 8824 of 2021 (21.12.2021); W.P. No. 13842/2025; batch of 38 writ petitions of 2026; Aurangabad Bench; Vibha Kankanwadi; Ajit B. Kadethankar; statutory remedy; Addl. GP; private institution without school beyond PESA/tribal area.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed with directions: (i) Respondent/Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad to scrutinize the petitioners' records and the places at which they are deployed within 30 days, considering the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024; (ii) cases with no legal impediment after verification to be cleared, and the one-step pay scale salary benefits available to employees working in Tribal and PESA areas to be paid with arrears and current salary within a further period of 30 days; (iii) if petitioners are found ineligible on scrutiny, notice to be issued enabling them to appear before the authority and address it; (iv) hearing to be completed within 120 days, whereafter the concerned Respondent shall pass an appropriate order and grant one-step pay scale benefits to those found eligible; (v) petitioners suffering an adverse order to be at liberty to avail statutory remedy as permissible in law and in light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 issued by the General Administration Department.