Mahendra Sahebrao Patil And Others v. Dr Bhagwantrao Namdev Patil The Chief Executive Zilla Parisahd Jalgaon And Another
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD CONTEMPT PETITION NO.170 OF 2021 IN WRIT PETITION NO.14960 OF 2017 MAHENDRA SAHEBRAO PATIL AND OTHERS
VERSUS
THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, JALGAON AND ANOTHER ...
Shri S.K. Mathpati, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Maheshkumar S. Sonawane, Advocate for the Respondents. ...
CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ARUN R. PEDNEKER, JJ.
DATE :- 22nd September, 2022 Per Court :- 1.
On 16.09.2022, we have passed the following order:- "1.
In all these matters, the directions set out below paragraph No.8 in the order dated 25/01/2019, passed in Writ Petition No.1954/2018 (Urmila Dattatrya Gaikwad and others Vs. State of Maharashtra and others) and connected matters, have not been complied with, though time was granted upto July 2019. It has been three years, that the orders have not been complied with. Notices in these matters have been issued on 04/03/2021. Yet there is no compliance.
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In view of the above, the Chief Executive
*2* Officers of all the Zilla Parishads in these matters shall remain personally present in the Court on 22/09/2022 at 10.30 a.m."
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The Chief Executive Officer of the Jalgaon Zilla Parishad Dr.Pankaj Ashiya, is present in the Court. The learned advocate for the Zilla Parishad tenders an unconditional apology. 3.
The learned advocate appearing for the Zilla Parishad, has placed on record the decision dated 20.09.2022 arrived at by the Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad. The said decision (four pages) is taken on record and marked as "X1" for identification. 4.
In the light of X-1, the learned advocate for the Zilla Parishad submits, on instructions from the officer present in the Court, that within two weeks, the Education Department of the Zilla Parishad would complete the verification exercise as is expected to be done pursuant to the order dated 25.01.2019 passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.1954/2018 and connected matters. Thereafter, the pay scales would be refixed and as per the new pay scales, the petitioners would receive their salaries for the month of October, 2022, payable in November, 2022 as per the revised pay scales. Insofar as the arrears are
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The learned advocate for the petitioners submits, on instructions, that the petitioners are satisfied and the contempt be treated as being purged.
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In view of the above, this Contempt Petition stands disposed off.
kps (ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)