Navnath Baburao Aghav And Anothers v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 3655 OF 2016 NAVNATH BABURAO AGHAV AND ANOTHERS

VERSUS

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS ...

Advocate for Petitioners : Mr. Kendre N.D.

AGP for Respondents 1 to 3: Mr. S.G. Karlekar Advocate for Respondent No.4: Mr. A.R. Joshi .....

CORAM : S. S. SHINDE AND V. K. JADHAV, JJ.

DATED: 21st APRIL, 2016 P.C. :- 1.

Heard learned counsel for the respective parties. 2.

By way of this petition, the petitioners seek directions that their basic pay be stepped up equivalent to their junior Associate professors from the date of their promotion to Junior Associate Professors, as per Government Resolution dated 12.8.2009. 3.

The petitioners have placed on record, at page 78 of the compilation of petition, a copy of judgment dated 26.2.2016, delivered by this Court in writ petition No. 9292 of 2015, wherein the issue, as is raised in this petition, is already adjudicated and decided.

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In the light of above and for the reasons recorded in the judgment dated 26.2.2016, rendered by this Court in writ petition No. 9292 of 2015, writ petition is allowed. We direct the respondents to step up the salary of the petitioners at par with the similarly placed teachers, junior to them and compute the salary and arrears payable to the petitioners in accordance with the judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of this Court in the case of Sudamrao Keshavrao Aher and Ors. vs. The State of Maharashtra and others, reported in 2014 (1) ALL MR 697 and release the amount to the petitioners, as expeditiously as possible, and preferably within six months from today.

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Writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. ( V. K. JADHAV, J.) ( S. S. SHINDE, J. ) rlj/