Mohammad Ajaz Mohammad Iqbal And Others v. The State Of Maha., Thr. Secretary, Dept. Of Public Health Officer, Mumbai And ORS

2026:BHC-NAG:1932-DB 1 WP-968-2025.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR WRIT PETITION NO.968 OF 2025 [Mohammad Ajaz Mohammad Iqbal and others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders.

Shri P.A. Kulkarni, Counsel for Petitioners.

Shri S.M. Ukey, Additional Government Pleader for Respondent Nos.1 to 4. CORAM : ANIL S. KILOR AND RAJ D. WAKODE , JJ.

D ATE : 5 th FEBRUARY, 2026 .

1.

Heard.

2.

The petitioners have approached this Court praying for a direction to the respondents to pay them the minimum pay scale at lowest grade in the regular pay scale extended to the regular employees holding the same post.

3.

The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No.16763 of 2024 (Akram Harun Shaikh and others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others) with connected petitions, has passed an order dated 22nd November, 2024, which is at record page no.18 (Annexure-2). The learned counsel submits that the case of the present three petitioners is identical to the petitioners in the aforesaid petition and hence the present petitioners are entitled for the same relief, which is granted in the said petition. 4.

In view of above, we dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondent No.4-Civil Surgeon, District Civil Hospital, Amravati, to treat the present petition as a representation of the petitioners for claiming the reliefs as prayed in prayer clauses (II) and (III) of the petition. The respondent No.4 is directed to consider the grounds raised in the present petition and the law settled by this Court in Writ Petition No.16763 of

2 WP-968-2025.odt 2024 (supra) and complete the exercise within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order.

The learned counsel for the petitioners undertakes to produce the copy of this order along with the copy of the present petition before the respondent No.1 within a period of one week from today. The decision taken thereupon shall be communicated to the petitioners within a period of two weeks thereafter. (RAJ D. WAKODE, J.) (ANIL S. KILOR, J.) LANJEWAR