Narendra Motilal Nukte 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 Nandurbar; Education Officer (Secondary); Government Resolution dated 06.08.2002; Government Resolution dated 14.08.2008; Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024; General Administration Department; salary arrears; similarly situated employees; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa W.P. 8824 of 2021; W.P. 13842/2025; batch of writ petitions W.P. Nos. 1348, 1358, 261, 4885-4895, 4900, 4904-4906, 5244-5250 of 2026; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; scrutiny before grant; statutory remedy.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed with directions: (i) Respondent/Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad to scrutinize 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 with no legal impediment after verification to be cleared and one-step pay-scale salary benefits, with arrears and current salary, paid within 30 days thereafter; (iii) Petitioners found ineligible to be issued notice and heard; (iv) hearing to be completed within 120 days and appropriate orders passed granting one-step pay-scale benefits to eligible candidates; (v) Petitioners suffering adverse orders at liberty to avail statutory remedies in light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 issued by the General Administration Department and/or any other relevant Government Resolution.