Shri. Balu Jagannath Mane And ORS. v. The Deputy Director Of Education, Secondary And Higher Secondary Education And ORS.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1531 OF 2017 Mr. Balu J. Mane & ors.

..Petitioners Vs The Deputy Director of Education Secondary & Higher Secondary Education for Government of Maharashtra, Pune Region, and ors.

..Respondents Mr. S.V. Pitre for the Petitioners.

Mr.P.P. More, AGP for the Respondent- State.

CORAM : SHANTANU S. KEMKAR & M. S. SONAK, JJ.

DATE : JUNE 29, 2017.

P.C. :

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Not on board. In view of urgency, taken on production board.

2] Parties through their counsel.

3] The learned counsel for the parties submits that the question involved in this case has already been answered by the various Division Benches of this Court in various matters including in the case of "Sadanand Pandurang Mali vs. Dy. Director of 1/3

2 p-511-as-wp-1531-17.sxw Education and Ors." in Writ Petition No. 7963 of 2012 vide order dated 23rd December, 2013, as also in the case of "Dhanshree Raosaheb Patil nee Kumari Bharti Nabhiraj Patil vs. The Dy. Director and Ors." in Writ Petition No. 12242 of 2015 vide order dated 8th July, 2016 and in Writ Petition Nos. 5938 of 1998, 1622 of 2000, 4424 of 2003 and 177 of 2011.

4] This has also not been disputed by the learned counsel for the parties that the order passed in Writ Petition No. 177 of 2011 along with the companion Writ Petitions were challenged by the Respondent-State before the Hon'ble Supreme Court in S.L.P. (Civil Appeal) No. 9732 of 2012 and the said Appeal was dismissed by the Supreme Court vide order dated 24th January, 2014. 5] In view of the aforesaid, in terms of the various orders referred to above, we dispose of the Petitions directing the Respondents to grant pay scale to the Petitioners from their respective appointments as "Full-time Librarian" and revise the same as per their entitlement regarding Fifth Pay and Sixth Pay Commission. 2/3

3 p-511-as-wp-1531-17.sxw 6] The benefits in term of this order be released in favour of the Petitioners as expeditiously as possible and in any event within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 7] Accordingly, this Writ Petition is disposed of. (M. S. SONAK, J.) (SHANTANU S. KEMKAR, J.) 3/3