Anjali Gajanan Pampatwar and Others v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Ekstar; one step promotional pay scale; one-step pay-scale; tribal area; PESA area; Zilla Parishad employees; Education Officer (Secondary); Government Resolution 06.08.2002; Government Resolution 14.08.2008 (clarification); Government Resolution 29.02.2024; General Administration Department; salary arrears; Hiralal Jagannath Bawa and others v. The State of Maharashtra and others (Writ Petition No. 8824 of 2021, order dated 21.12.2021); Writ Petition No. 13842/2025; statutory remedy; eligibility scrutiny before grant of benefits; batch disposal of 23 writ petitions; Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions allowed with directions: (i) Respondent/Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad to scrutinize the Petitioners' records and deployment places 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 (employees working in Tribal and PESA areas) paid along with arrears and current salary within 30 days thereafter; (iii) if found ineligible after scrutiny, notice to be issued enabling the Petitioners to appear before and address the authority; (iv) hearing to be completed within 120 days, whereafter an appropriate order is to be passed granting one-step pay-scale benefits to those found eligible; (v) Petitioners suffering an adverse order to be at liberty to avail a statutory remedy 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.