Arun Ramchandra Sathewad v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And ORS

2026:BHC-AUG:18096-DB -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 940 WRIT PETITION NO. 4280 OF 2026 Arun Ramchandra Sathewad

VERSUS

The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Ors ...

Mr. Pratap V. Jadhavar, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. S. P. Sonpawale, AGP for Respondents/State ...

CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.

DATED :

21st APRIL 2026 PER COURT (Abasaheb D. Shinde J.) :- 1.

Heard. Issue notice to the respondents. Learned A.G.P. waives service for respondent Nos.1 and 2.

2.

The petitioner, by this writ petition, has put-forth the following prayers:

"A) This Writ Petition may kindly be allowed ; B) By issuing appropriate writ, order or direction in like nature, may kindly allow to the petitioner not press his proposal fr issuance of validity Certificate before the Scrutiny Committee and the Scrutiny Committee shall permit him not to press the proposal of petitioner.

C) By way of an appropriate writ, order or direction in the like nature may kindly issue direction against respondents /employer release the regular monthly pension and grant all the pensionary benefits to the petitioner as a regular employee, the petitioner is already retire on 30.11.2025.

D) Pending hearing and final disposal of this writ petition, may kindly issue direction against respondents / employer release the regular monthly pension and grant all the pensionary benefits to

-2the petitioner as a regular employee, the petitioner is already retire on 30.11.2025.

E) Ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause-D may kindly be granted.

F) Any other equitable and suitable relief which is the petitioner is entitled may kindly be granted in favour the petitioner." 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has invited our attention to the orders passed by this Court in Writ Petition No. 12274 of 2024 on 28.11.2024 in the case of Shankar Shamanna Tangdelu vs The State of Maharashtra and others, in Writ Petition No.13639 of 2025 dated 17.12.2025 in the case of Ashok Kishanrao Ardade Vs The State of Maharashtra and others and in Writ Petition No.1636 of 2026 dated 11.02.2026 in the case of Harishchandra Ganpati Koli Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Others, wherein this Court has dealt with identical issue involved in this writ petition.

4.

Considering these orders and the reliefs sought in the petition, we find that this petition can also be disposed of in the light of the orders passed by this Court (supra). In that view of the matter, we pass the following order :

:: ORDER ::

(i) The petitioner shall file an affidavit before the Scrutiny Committee stating that the petitioner do not wish to press his

-3proposal for issuance of validity certificate and the Committee shall permit him not to press the proposal within two weeks thereafter.

(ii) On such compliance being made, the respondent Nos.3 to 5/employer shall process the petitioner's pension papers and extend all the pensionary benefits, as expeditiously as possible and preferably within eight weeks from today.

5. With these directions, the writ petition stands disposed [ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.] [SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.]