Sanjay Dhudku Patil and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Principal Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar one-step promotional pay scale; tribal and PESA area employees; Government Resolution 06.08.2002; Government Resolution 29.02.2024; clarification Resolution 14.08.2008; General Administration Department; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Education Officer (Secondary); salary arrears; batch of 23 writ petitions; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa W.P. 8824/2021 (21.12.2021); W.P. 13842/2025; scrutiny before grant of benefits; notice and hearing within 120 days; statutory remedy preserved.
What did the court decide?
All writ petitions allowed with directions: (i) the Respondent/Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad to scrutinise the Petitioners' records and places of deployment within 30 days, considering the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 and/or any other relevant Government Resolution; (ii) cases free of legal impediment after verification to be cleared, with one-step pay-scale benefits payable to employees working in Tribal and PESA areas, along with arrears and current salary, within a further 30 days; (iii) if found ineligible on record, notice to be issued enabling the Petitioner to appear and address the authority; (iv) hearing to be completed within 120 days, followed by an appropriate order granting one-step pay-scale benefits to those found eligible; (v) petitioners suffering adverse orders to be at liberty to avail statutory remedies permissible in law, in light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 issued by the General Administration Department and/or any other relevant Government Resolution.