Sakharam Kashiram Ambekar And ANR. v. State Of Maharashtra Through The Secretary, Dept. Of Food And Civil Supplies And ORS.

TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE Date: 2023.12.22 17:28:27 +0530 Trupti 1 902-wp-12972-2016.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 12972 OF 2016 Sakharam Kashiram Ambekar and Another ...

Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra and Others ...

Respondents .......

Mr.Ajay Shinde for the Petitioners.

Mr.N.K.Rajpurohit, AGP for the Respondent -State. .......

CORAM : NITIN JAMDAR & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ.

DATE : 14 DECEMBER 2023 P.C.

Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. The Respondents waive service. Taken up for disposal.

2.

The Petitioners had filed Original Application No. 88 of 2016 which was disposed of by judgment and order dated 18 April 2016 passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (the Tribunal). 3.

The learned Counsel for the parties state that the facts of the present Petition are similar to that of Writ Petition No.3520 of 2016 which has been disposed of by this Court by judgment and order dated 12 December 2023 and therefore, this Petition may also be disposed of accordingly in the same terms.

Trupti 2 902-wp-12972-2016.doc 4.

Accordingly, the Writ Petition is allowed. The impugned order dated 18 April 2016 passed by the Tribunal is quashed and set aside. The State will extend the same benefits to the present Petitioners as granted to the Petitioners in Writ Petition No. 3520 of 2016 within a period of six months from the date order is uploaded. 5.

Rule is made absolute in above terms.

6.

The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. (MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.) (NITIN JAMDAR, J.)