Sitadevi Ganesh Chaure 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; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Education Officer (Secondary); Government Resolution 06.08.2002; Government Resolution 29.02.2024; Resolution dated 14.08.2008; salary arrears; current salary; scrutiny of records; deployment places; batch/clubbed writ petitions; Aurangabad Bench; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa; W.P. No. 8824 of 2021; W.P. No. 13842/2025; General Administration Department; statutory remedy; notice and hearing within 120 days.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed with directions: (i) Respondent/Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad to scrutinise the Petitioners' records and places of deployment within 30 days considering the G.R. dated 29.02.2024; (ii) cases without legal impediment after verification to be cleared and one-step payscale salary benefits (Tribal/PESA areas) paid with arrears and current salary within a further 30 days; (iii) ineligible Petitioners to receive notice and an opportunity to appear and address the authority; (iv) hearing to be completed within 120 days followed by an appropriate order granting one-step payscale benefits to eligible candidates; (v) liberty to pursue statutory remedies against any adverse order.