Karan Sanjay Lokhande v. The State Of Maharashtra Thorugh Its Secretary

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Contempt Petition No.269 of 2024 In Contempt Petition No.464 of 2021 In Writ Petition (st) No.92232 of 2020 Karan Sanjay Lokhande and others ...

Petitioners.

V/s.

The State of Maharashtra and others ...

Respondents.

Mr Pramod A.Kulkarni for the Petitioners.

Mr. K.S. Thorat, 'B' panel counsel for Respondent Nos.1 to 4. Mr. Anand S. Kulkarni for Respondent No.5.

CORAM : NITIN JAMDAR, AND M.M. SATHAYE, JJ.

Digitally signed by LATA SUNIL PANJWANI Date:

2024.08.19 17:25:31 +0530 LATA SUNIL PANJWANI DATE : 19 August 2024.

P.C. :

The learned counsel for Respondent No.5 - Zilla Parishad has tendered an affidavit. The affidavit only refers to compliance of the order passed in contempt petition filed on 6 February 2023. However, the order dated 6 February 2023 granting time to Zilla Parishad was by way of indulgence and it related to arrears of the Petitioners. As regards the direction in the writ petition that Petitioners be paid wages at minimum pay scale at lowest grade still continues to bind the Respondent-Zilla Parishad. On this aspect the

LSP 2 26 cp 269.24.doc affidavit filed by Zilla Parishad is silent.

2.

We give one more opportunity to Respondent-Zilla Parishad to comply with the order dated 8 December 2020, Paragraph 6(a) thereof, failing which Court will proceed under the contempt jurisdiction.

3.

Stand over to 3 September 2024 under the caption 'For Directions'.

(M.M. SATHAYE, J.) (NITIN JAMDAR, J.)