Kailash Santosh Patil and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Its Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar; one step promotional pay scale; tribal area; PESA area; Zilla Parishad employees; Government Resolution dated 06.08.2002; Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024; Government Resolution dated 14.08.2008; salary arrears; Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad; Zilla Parishad Nandurbar; Primary Education Officer; writ petitions allowed; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa vs. State of Maharashtra; Writ Petition No. 8824 of 2021; Writ Petition No. 13842/2025; scrutiny of eligibility; statutory remedy.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed with directions to 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; to clear cases having no legal impediment after verification and pay the one-step pay-scale salary benefits available to employees working in Tribal and PESA areas, along with arrears and current salary, within 30 days thereafter; where Petitioners are found ineligible, to issue notice, complete the hearing within 120 days and pass an appropriate order granting benefits to those found eligible; Petitioners suffering adverse orders to be at liberty to avail statutory remedies as permissible in law in the light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024.