Smt. Surekha Tukaram Jagdale v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Surekha Tukaram Jagdale v. State of Maharashtra & Anr., Writ Petition No. 4721 of 2024, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), coram Ravindra V. Ghuge & Abhay J. Mantri, JJ., dated 26th March, 2026. Keywords: Old Pension Scheme (OPS); DCPS; pensionary benefits; direction to Management to forward pension proposal; appropriate authority; due procedure laid down in law; service conditions applicable to the Petitioner; timelines of 30 days (forwarding) and 60 days (decision); communication within 24 hours; service of order copy within 10 working days; liberty to assail the order through permissible remedy; Management to abide by directions; petition disposed off. Counsel: Rahul Kadam a/w Vedant Babar (Petitioner); P. N. Diwan, AGP (State); Rahul Nerlekar a/w Amruta Nerlekar (Respondent No. 5).
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed off with directions to the Management and the appropriate authority: decide a pending proposal within 60 days by due procedure; if not forwarded, the Management to forward it per the Petitioner's applicable service conditions within 30 days, followed by decision within 60 days and communication of the decision to the Management and the Petitioner within 24 hours; where the proposal was already tendered and decided, the order copy to be served within 10 working days with liberty to assail it.