devanand shivaji kokate v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Disability certificate re-verification and re-assessment of Maharashtra government/Zilla Parishad employees and UDID cards; validity of Government Resolutions dated 16.06.2025 and 09.10.2025; RPwD Act 2016 Sections 56, 57, 59, 91, 2(r), 2(s); Maharashtra State Rights of Persons with Disabilities Rules 2024 Rule 8; benchmark disability 40 percent; moral turpitude and compulsory retirement; Article 14 non-arbitrariness; Chairman and MD FCI v. Jagdish Balaram Bahira; State of U.P. v. Ravindra Kumar Sharma; Ram Prakash Kharlwa (Rajasthan HC); BERA objective hearing tests and Ali Yavar Jung National Institute opinion; one-time measure; special Medical Board; Swavlambancard.gov.in UDID validity; quashing of suspension and FIR directions; writ petitions partly allowed; 120-day completion deadline.
What did the court decide?
All writ petitions partly allowed: impugned orders of suspension, stoppage of salaries, directions to register FIRs, cancellation of approvals/Shalarth IDs, disciplinary orders and transfers issued during the medical re-verification/re-assessment exercise stand quashed and set aside, subject to the regulated framework in judgment para 97 (special Medical Boards only, categorized consequences, 120-day completion, refusal and apology-VRS mechanisms); pending Interim Applications disposed as not surviving.