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Bombay High CourtWP/3178/2025dismissed

State Of Maha. Thr. Principal Secretary, Revenue And Forest Department, Mumbai And ANR. v. Rekhram Bakaram Bhendarkar

2025-07-10Hon'Ble Shri Justice Nitin W. Sambre,Hon'Ble Shri Justice M. M. Nerlikar2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 3178/2025 (The State of Maharashtra thr. its Principal Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Mumbai & anr. Vs. Rekhram Bakaram Bhendarkar) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mrs. Kalyani Marpakwar, AGP for petitioners.

CORAM: NITIN W. SAMBRE AND M. M. NERLIKAR, JJ .

DATED : 10/07/2025.

Heard Mrs. Kalyani Marpakwar, learned Assistant Government Pleader for the petitioners.

2.

Learned Assistant Government Pleader would claim that the impugned order does not consider the contentions raised in the reply filed before the Tribunal. According to her, the benefits of the Assured Career Progression Scheme (ACPS) can be extended only to Group - C and Group - D employees and not to those employees, who fall within the Group - D category because of upgradation.

3.

We have considered the said submissions.

4.

It is the State's own policy, which is reflected in the Resolution dated 14.08.2018, which confers benefits to the respondents - employees to be calculated from the date of inception i.e. date of joining the training.

5.

In such an eventuality, the Tribunal has rightly relied upon the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court at Principal Seat in Writ Petition No. 2605/2017, passed on 06.02.2019.

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Even otherwise, the order of the Tribunal has conferred the benefits to the respondents - employees vide Government Resolution dated 14.08.2018.

7.

That being so, no case for further interference is made out. The writ petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. ( M. M. NERLIKAR , J.) ( NITIN W. SAMBRE , J.) Gohane