NAGORAO DEVBA RODE AND OTHERS v. THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS
Case Details
595.23wp etc (1) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 3 WRIT PETITION NO.595 OF 2023 NAGORAO DEVBA RODE AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND OTHERS …. Mr Y. B. Bolkar, Advocate h/f Mr K. B. Jadhav, Advocate for petitioners; Mr S. K. Tambe, A.G.P. for respondents/State AND 4 WRIT PETITION NO.584 OF 2023 NAVNATH VITTHALRAO MANDVE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 5 WRIT PETITION NO.585 OF 2023 ASHOK UTTAMCHAND PATNI AND ANOTHER VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 6 WRIT PETITION NO.586 OF 2023 SHAIKH PASHU SHAIKH GAFUR BHAI AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 7 WRIT PETITION NO.587 OF 2023 JAGAN GANPA KAKDE 595.23wp etc (2) VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 9 WRIT PETITION NO.591 OF 2023 RAMDAS SITARAM WANARE VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 10 WRIT PETITION NO.592 OF 2023 VISHNUDAS HARIKISHAN BAJAJ VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 11 WRIT PETITION NO.593 OF 2023 MRS FARZANA SHAHEEN MAHMOOD AHMED QURAISHI VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 12 WRIT PETITION NO.594 OF 2023 BHAGWAT MAROTRAO MARKAD AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS …. Mr Abhishek C. Deshpande, Advocate for petitioners; Mr S. K. Tambe, Mr S. G. Sangle, Mr V. M. Kagne, Mr S. G. Karlekar and Mr P. S. Patil, A.G.Ps. for respondents/State in respective petitions AND 595.23wp etc (3) 8 WRIT PETITION NO.588 OF 2023 MUMTAZ BEGUM MOHAMMED BASHEERUDDIN VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS AND 112 WRIT PETITION NO.573 OF 2023 JAGANSING MAGANSING RAJPUT AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS …. Mr Sandeep B. Sontakke, Advocate for petitioners; Mr S. K. Tambe and Mr S. G. Sangle, A.G.Ps. for respondents/State CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, JJ. DATE : 16th January, 2023 PER COURT: 1. In all these petitions, the issue that has been raised by the petitioners is as regards the notional addition of an annual increment, while computing their pension and pensionary benefits. Such increment became due and payable on the last day before their superannuation, on completion of one year service. 2. All these petitioners have superannuated on the 30th day of June of particular years, as they were due for superannuation. For 595.23wp etc (4) the sake of clarity, the names of the petitioners and their dates of superannuation are mentioned in a chart hereunder :- Name of the petitioners, initial date of their appointments, Date of last increment & Date of superannuation of petitioners W.P.Nos. Sr. No Name of the Petitioners 1. 595/2023 Nagorao Devba Rode Date of Appointme nt Date of Last annual increment 25/07/1984 01/07/2021 Date of Superannua tion /Retirement 30/06/2022 Devrao Vithalrao Kedar Gangadhar Vithalrao Lashkare Rab Shaikh Abdul Maroti Narayan Dhadekar Baburao Sayenna Maukattawar Mahadu Kondanbuwa Bharti Moulana Huswensab Shaikh Dattu Babasaheb Mundhe Baliram Shankarrao Mokampalle 08/10/1986 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 25/07/1984 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 21/07/1987 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 03/03/1993 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 26/02/1986 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 05/03/1986 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 03/11/1990 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 07/10/1986 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 01/10/1983 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 595.23wp etc (5) 01/01/1985 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 ---------- 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 07/09/1991 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 28/02/1994 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 15/02/1988 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 22/07/1987 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 26/11/1990 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 Sundanda Renukadas Widekar Digambar Sitaram Pawar Pandurang Marotirao Rawanpalle Maroti Gaddamwar Lalu Balaji Nagorao Surudwad Deelip Khobraji Sarode Kishan Sambhaji Kadam 2. 584/2023 Navnath 23/05/1979 01/07/2016 30/06/2017 Vitthalrao Mandve 3. 585/2023 Ashok 26/03/1985 01/07/2017 30/06/2018 4. 586/2023 Uttamchand Patni Ramkumar Vasantrao Kalike Shaikh Pashu Shaikh Gafur Bhai Zubeda Begum Haji Haroon Shaikh Abdul Shaikh Bari Mehmood Dange Ghulamrahem an Gulumhayder Kandharkar 19/12/1972 01/07/2009 30/06/2010 20/03/1986 01/07/2018 30/06/2019 03/08/1987 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 05/08/1991 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 17/06/1985 01/07/2018 30/06/2019 595.23wp etc (6) 05/08/1991 01/07/2019 30/06/2020 11/06/1990 01/07/2020 30/06/2021 01/08/1986 01/07/2018 30/06/2019 02/07/1990 01/07/2018 30/06/2019 12/06/1995 01/07/2019 30/06/2020 08/08/1983 01/07/2015 30/06/2016 24/08/1987 01/07/2021 30/06/2022 16/12/1978 01/07/2015 30/06/2016 Ali Ali Wajid Hafiz Khan Shaikh Rashid Shaikh Rehman Mrs. Khudsiya Siddiqui M.A. Wahab Farroqui Zohra Jabeen Popat Sampatrao More Jagan Ganpa Kakde Ramdas Sitaram Wanare 5. 587/2023 6. 591/2023 7. 592/2023 Vishnudas Harikishan Bajaj 8. 593/2023 Mrs. Farzana 16/06/1990 01/07/2015 30/06/2016 9. 594/2023 Shaheen Mahmood Ahmed Quraishi Bhagwat Marotrao Markad Ramdas Baburao Badhe Rangnath Umaji Lendale Karbhari Pandharinath Nawale Vishnu Asuba Khoje 26/08/1985 01/07/2020 30/06/2021 06/08/1985 01/07/2019 30/06/2020 14/08/1982 01/07/2020 30/06/2021 19/01/1987 01/07/2020 30/06/2021 12/04/1983 01/07/2019 30/06/2020 595.23wp etc (7) 12/06/1990 01/07/2018 30/06/2019 07/11/1984 01/07/2018 30/06/2019 02/05/1977 01/07/2007 30/06/2008 01/04/1977 01/07/2007 30/06/2008 03/03/1975 01/07/2008 30/06/2009 13/03/1977 01/07/2009 30/06/2010 21/04/1975 01/07/2007 30/06/2008 01/12/1989 01/07/2020 30/06/2021 01/01/1982 01/07/2009 30/06/2010 07/09/1978 01/07/2013 30/06/2014 Pandit Uttamrao Mule 11. 573/2023 10. 588/2023 Mumtaz Begum Mohammed Basheeruddin Jagansing Magansing Rajput Pandurang Laxman Bodre Syed Asgar Ali Syed Afsar Ali Janardhan Shahji Ghodke Shaikh Murtuja Shaikh Murad Munnaswami Krushnaswami Pullelu Kokila Sakharam Sonar Jagnnath Vitthal Lokhande 3. The issue raised is no longer res integra, having been concluded by the Madras High Court vide judgment dated 15.09.2017, in WP No.15732/2017, filed by P.Ayyamperumal Vs. The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal and others, which judgment has been sustained by the Hon'ble Supreme Court vide order dated 23.07.2018, in Special Leave 595.23wp etc (8) Petition (Civil) Diary No.22283/2018. Even this Court has passed several orders granting such benefits, which have been sustained by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. 4.
Decision
In view of the above, these petitions are partly allowed. The petitioners are entitled to the notional addition of the last yearly increment for the purpose of calculating their pension, gratuity, earned leave, commutation benefits etc. Insofar as arrears of the benefits are concerned, the petitioners would be entitled for the same for a period of three years preceding the date of filing of these petitions or as per actuals, whichever is less. Such arrears should be calculated and be paid to the petitioners, on or before 30/04/2023. (SANJAY A. DESHMUKH, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) sjk