Vijay Tadke v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Principal Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Step-up of pay; pay re-fixation; pay parity with junior employee; Ph.D. acquisition; 6th Pay Commission recommendations; Maharashtra teachers; writ of mandamus; arrears of salary; interest at 4% per annum from 01.12.2015; Sudamrao Keshawrao Aher res integra; SLP (C) No. 1505315056/2015 dismissed 17.11.2015; Sarjerao Madhavrao Bhamare; Vijay Tadke; Sujata Bamane; Writ Petition Nos. 9798 and 9796 of 2024 allowed; Rule made absolute.
What did the court decide?
Both Writ Petitions allowed and Rule made absolute. Step-up and re-fixation of pay on par with the respective junior employee (who acquired the Ph.D.), payment of arrears/differential salary; monetary benefits reckoned from 24.03.2014 (first Petition) and from the junior's entitlement date of 26.12.2006 (second Petition); differential salary without interest from the entitlement dates, with interest at 4% per annum from 01.12.2015; management to tender the revised proposal to Respondent No. 3 within 7 working days and Respondent No. 3 to clear it with a speaking order within 15 working days thereafter.