Sagar Sontakke and Others v. Union of India and Others

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 11873 OF 2021

¶1Sagar Sontakke, Age: 31 years, Occu.: Service, R/o N-11, B-1/1, Subhashchandra Bose Nagar, T.V Center Hudco Aurangabad -431003.

¶2Anil Suresh Mali Age: 33 years, Occu.: Service, R/o 4707B, Patil Gadhi, Khai Area, Tal. Chopda, District Jalgaon.

¶3Meena Milind Chune Age: 32 years, Occu.: Service, R/o Old City, Vakil Pura, Tal. Murtizapur, Dist. Akola.

¶4Niraj Yambal Age: 30 years, Occu.: Service, At post Shiradshahapur Tq Aundha Nagnath Dist Hingoli 431705

¶5Dipak Madhukar Korde Age: 30 years, Occu.: Service, R/o Gadge nagar old city washim road Akola pin 444002.

¶6Rahul Devendra Tak Age: 34 years, Occu.: Service, R/o At Post Shirajgaon Band, Tq. Chandur Bazar, Dist. Amravati.

¶7Viplav Sunilrao Khode Age: 30 years, Occu.: Service, R/o c/o Prashant Nalse, 49, Vimal Nagar, Near Farsi Stop, Amravati.

¶8Shivpratap Ganpat Jadhavar Age: 30 years, Occu.: Service R/o At post Police Colony, Main Road, Near Rest House, Ambajogai, Tq. Ambajogai, Dist. Beed. … PETITIONERS VERSUS

¶1Union of India (Through its Secretary) Department of Posts, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi.

¶2Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai. 2025:BHC-AUG:4598-DB

¶3Assistant Director, Postal Services (A&V), Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai.

¶4Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Mumbai North West Division, Kandivali East, Mumbai.

¶5Suvarna Balasaheb Thube Age:30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o.: O/o Mumbai GPO, SB Section, Pin 400001

¶6Dnyaneshwar Sanjay Kinewad Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:. O/o Mumbai GPO, Pin 400001;

¶7Rahul Uttamrao Wakle Age:34, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o Central Sorting Division, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶8Umesh Narayan Londhe Age:32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:. O/o Mumbai GPO, Philately Section, Pin 400001

¶9Saudagar Shrimant Chavan Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Mumbai GPO, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶10Ganesh Arun Shinde Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant, R/o. O/o Mumbai GPO, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶11Pradeep Hanmant Randive Age:32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Colaba Sub Post Office, Pin 400005

¶12Devesh Narayanrao Gawande Age:35 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o E Commerce Parcel Processing Centre, Parel Pin 400012

¶13Ganesh Shankar Chavhan Age:32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Mahim Head Post Office, Mumbai 400016

¶14Shubhangi Uddhav Shelke Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Wadala Post Office, Mumbai 400031

¶15Najmeen Rafik Shaikh Age:30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Bandra East Sub Post Office, Pin 400051

¶16Anil Balaji Bade Age: 34 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o: O/o SantaCruz West Sub Post Office, Pin 400054

¶17Ankush Mahadu Dhanve Age:33 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant, R/o:- O/o Air Mail Sorting Division, Mumbai-400099.

¶18Santosh Gulabsing Valavi Age:31 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:. O/o Kalyan RMS at Thane, Near Civil Hospital opp Thane Head post office Thane West 400601

¶19Mayur Dhananjay Ingole Age:34 years, Occu. Postal Assistant, R/o. O/o through, The Senior Superintendent Of Post Offices, Thane, Maharashtra 400601

¶20Mahadev Ramakant Sirsat Age:29 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Thane East Sub Post Office. Thane Mumbai Pin 400603

¶21Nitin Ramesh Hire Age: 34 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o. O/o Wagle I.E Sub Post Office, Thane Pin 400604

¶22Deepak Dattatraya Pote Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Airoli Sub Post Office, Panvel Pin 400708

¶23Ganesh Bhimrao Gawai Age:30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Palghar Head Post office, Palghar Pin 401404

¶24Shivaji Bhanudas Jagadale Age:32 years, Occu. Office of Administration. R/o:. O/o Mangaon sub division, post office, Mangaon Pin 402104

¶25Bhumita Namdeo Khewale Age:34 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o RMS, Panajim Sorting. Panaji Pin 403001

¶26Atul Baban Gore Age:32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o RMS, Panajim Sorting. Panaji Pin 403001

¶27Annarao Shivaji Mali Age:36 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o RMS, Panajim Sorting. Panaji Pin 403001

¶28Hrushikesh Rajkumar Vijaykar Age:33 years, Occu. Mail Guard R/o. O/o Through SRO RMS BM DN MARGAON, Pin 403601

¶29Rukhmini Rambhauji Kamdi Age:33 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Mail Office, Pune, Pin 411001

¶30Mayor Dilip Hojage Age: 32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division, NSH/TSO Section GPO Building, Pune 411001

¶31Ravindra Muralidhar Kengale Age: 32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, NSH/TSO Section GPO Building, Pune 411001

¶32Mangesh Suresh Tumram Age: 32 years, Occu. Sorting assistant R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Mail Office, Pune, Pin 411001

¶33Rohit Sidharth Kamble Age:32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant, R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, NSH/TSO Section GPO Building, Pune 411001

¶34Sachinkumar Nilkanth Nandeshwar Age: 34 years. Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service, B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶35Sachin Eknath Patekar Age:33 years. Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶36Abhilash Dadarao Mane Age:33 years, Occu. Mail Guard R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶37Vivek Shivaji Jamdhade Age:35 years, Occu. Mail Guard R/o:- O/o Through HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶38Pramod Kishor Aghame Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o. O/o Parvati Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411009

¶39Rajendra Rakhama Benke Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o. O/o Hadpsar I.E. Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411013

¶40Swapnil Eknath Pawar Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN. R/o. O/o Chinchwad East Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411019

¶41Sarvajeet Samadhan Dhandar Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN, R/o. O/o Chinchwad East Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411019

¶42Gopal Madhavrao Perke Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o. O/o Aundh Camp Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411027

¶43Anil Vithalrao Wadkar Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN, R/o. O/o Hadapsar Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411028

¶44Nitesh Arun Shimpi Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o. O/o Chinchwadgaon Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411033

¶45Sudhir Deorao Bhongade Age:37 years, Occu, POSTMAN R/o. O/o Kasarwadi Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411034

¶46Ulhas Mahadeorao Parale Age:35 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o. O/o Ex Servicemen Colony Sub Post Office, LIC Colony, Maji Sainik Vasahat, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038

¶47Harshal Sudhakar Tak Age:35 years, Occu. POSTMAN, R/o. O/o Ex Servicemen Colony Sub Post Office, LIC Colony, Maji Sainik Vasahat, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038

¶48Manoj Rangnath Pisal Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o Ex Servicemen Colony Sub Post Office, LIC Colony. Maji Sainik Vasahat, Kothrud, Pune, Maharashtra 411038

¶49Narendra Damodhar Shinde Age:32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o Kondhawa Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411048

¶50Rajendra Dajiram Galave Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o Khanapur Sub Post Office, Sangli Pin 411503

¶51Nitin Siddheshwar Sawale Age: 32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o Khandala Bavada Sub Post Office, Satara Pin 412803

¶52Gopal Bhagwan Chavan Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o Wai Sub Post Office, Satara Pin 412803

¶53Yogesh Baban Godmale Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o Wai Sub Post office. Satara Pin 412803

¶54Ganesh Shankar Tayde Age:33 years, Occu. Mailguard R/o:- Through Sub Record Office Solapur RMS, Solapur Pin 413001

¶55Ramesh Gurunath Mulage Age:36 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Solapur Head Post Office, Solapur Pin 413001

¶56Nagnath Ramesh Kumbhar Age:38 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Solapur MIDC Sub Post Office, Solapur Pin 413006

¶57Punam Fanidhar Chauke Age: 32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Baramati Head Post Office, Baramati Pin 413102

¶58Dipali Nimba Gosavi Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Baramati Head Post Office, Baramati Pin 413102

¶59Vaibhav Suresh Atole Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Post Office Passport Seva Kendra, Amrai, Baramati, Pin 413102

¶60Ganesh Ramdas Bhise Age: 34 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Indapur Sub Post Office, Baramati Pin 413106

¶61Ranjit Ambadas Shende Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Pandharpur Head Post Office, Pandharpur Pin 413304

¶62Ganesh Babanrao Keskar Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Ahmednagar Head Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414001

¶63Sachin Sakharam Devkate Age: 34 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Ahmednagar Head Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414001

¶64Yogita Ramdas Waghmode Age: 30 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Ahmednagar Head Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414001

¶65Kishor Ramesh Pawar Age:32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through Sub Record Office, Rail Mail Service, Near Head Post Office, Ahmednagar, Pin 414001

¶66Kailas Balasaheb Wadkar Age:32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through Sub Record Office, Rail Mail Service, Near Head Post Office, Ahmednagar, Pin 414001

¶67Babasaheb Sandipan Shitole Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Ahmednagar Head Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414001

¶68Mangesh Janardhan Wankhade Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Savedi Road Sub Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414003

¶69Ambadas Dhanaji Sudrik Age:43 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Ahmednagar R.S Sub Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414005

¶70Somnath Balasaheb Ghodake Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Ahmednagar R.S Sub Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414005

¶71Bhivisen Maruti Kharat Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Karjat Sub Post Office, Ahmednagar Pin 414402

¶72Dattatraya Waman Kharwade Age: 32 years, Occu. Mail Guard R/o:- O/o Through Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service BM DN Satara, Satara Pin 415003

¶73Swapnil Anil Sawant Age:32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Karad Head Post Office, Karad Pin 415110

¶74Gajanan Gangadhar Anapalwar Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Phaltan Sub Post Office, Satara Pin 415523

¶75Tulshiram Maruti Kamble Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Phaltan Sub Post Office, Satara Pin 415523

¶76Mohan Chandrakant Joshi Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Kolhapur Head Post Office, Kolhapur Pin 416012

¶77Shaktikumar Gajanan Madavi Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Ichalkaranji Head Post Office, Kolhapur Pin 416115

¶78Sachin Arvind Kamble Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Tasgaon Sub Post Office, Miraj Pin 416312

¶79Namdev Vishwanath Damle Age: 33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Kavathe Mahankal Sub Post Office, Miraj 416405

¶80Mahesh Maruti Kapase Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Miraj Head Post Offcie, Miraj Pin 416410

¶81Ram Sidram Kendre Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- W College Sub Post Office, Sangali Pin 416415

¶82Nitin Vasudeo Garde Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Murbad Sub Post Office, Kalyan Pin 421401

¶83Kailash Jagannath Gaikwad Age:34 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Sangamner Sub Post Office, Shrirampur Pin 422605

¶84Amol Gorakshanth Marbhal Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Sangamner Sub Post Office, Shrirampur Pin 422605

¶85Krushna Sudamrao Kadam Age: 30 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service, Manmad Pin 423104

¶86Sandeep Babasaheb Raktate Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Yeola Sub Post Office Yeola, Malegaon Pin 423401

¶87Nilesh Subhash Chaure Age:31 years. Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The Sub Record Office, Rail Mail Service F division, Near Railway Sation, Dhule Pin 424001

¶88Vaishali Komalsing Kachhava Age: 32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Dhule Head Post Office, Dhule Pin 424001

¶89Hirkana Asaram Kumare Age: 31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Jalgaon Head Post Office, Jalgaon Pin 425001

¶90Mangesh Madhukar Shiral Age:28 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS L Division. Bhusawal. In front of Govt. Rest house. Yawal Road, Bhusawal, 425201

¶91Rameshwar Tukaram Morey Age:31 years. Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS L Division, Bhusawal, In front of Govt Rest house Yawal Road, Bhusawal, 425201

¶92Arjunsingh Rajendrasingh Thakur Age:33 years. Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Bhusawal Head Post Office, Bhusawal Pin 425201

¶93Gajanan Vishnu Gadekar Age: 30 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS L Division, Bhusawal, In front of Govt Rest house Yawal Road, Bhusawal, 425201

¶94Shrikrushna Dnyaneshwar Suradkar Age: 32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:-O/o Through The HRO RMS L Division, Bhusawal, In front of Govt Rest house Yawal Road, Bhusawal,425201

¶95Sonali Damodhar Gaidhane Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Head Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431001

¶96Muktaji Shankarrao Yelutwad Age: 32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Head Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431001

¶97Sandeep Ashok Badak Age:32 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Head Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431001

¶98Kamalsing Kesarsing Jonwal Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Head Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431001

¶99Shitalkumar Achutrao Kachole Age:34 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Head Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431001

¶100Subhash Bapu Shinde Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Head Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431001

¶101Amol Dagadu Ghule Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Cantonment Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431002

¶102Rahul Subhash Salve Age: 34 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Aurangabad Cantonment Sub Post Office. Aurangabad Pin 431002

¶103Karnkumar Pralhad Chaudhari Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o CIDCO Colony Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431003

¶104Sainath Harishchandra Bandewar Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- 0/0 CIDCO Colony Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431003

¶105Pranjali Dagadoba Ghatul Age: 30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o CIDCO Colony Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431003

¶106Bharat Uttam Chavan Age:38 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o kranti Chowk Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431005

¶107Megha Dnyaneshwar Dhole Age: 30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Kranti Chowk Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431005

¶108Anand Omprakash Bohate Age:31 years. Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Kranti Chowk Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431005

¶109Vidyasagar Prabhakar Dolas Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Kranti Chowk Sub Post Office. Aurangabad Pin 431005

¶110Babasaheb Ashok Abhang Age:31 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Kranti Chowk Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431005

¶111Satish Dnyaneshwarrao Khandekar Age: 32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Chikalthana Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431007

¶112Shivdas Shesherao Bhurke Age: 33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Paithan Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431107

¶113Gajanan Shivaji Jadhav Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Bajaj Nagar MIDC Waluj Sub Post Office, Aurangabad Pin 431136

¶114Santosh Khemaji Kadam Age:29 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Jalna Head Post Office, Jalna 431203

¶115Pankaj Vitthalrao Lonkar Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Jalna Head Post Office, Jalna 431203

¶116Vankat Ramdas Kendre Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Jalna (RS) Railway Station Sub Post Office, Jalna Pin 431213

¶117Ganesh Ambadas Mane Age: 30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Parbhani Head Post Office, Parbhani Pin 431401

¶118Santosh Anandrao Mane Age: 33 years, Occu. Postmen R/o:- O/o Post Master, Head Post Office, Railway Station Road, Vazirabad, Nanded-431601

¶119Priya Mohanlal Yadav Age:30 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS F Division Nagpur, Nagpur pin 440001

¶120Abhinandan Moreshwar Junghare Age: 32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS F Division Nagpur, Nagpur pin 440001

¶121Anand Pandurangji Makode Age: 34 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS F Division Nagpur, NSH, Nagpur pin 440001

¶122Nikhil Dhanraj Bagde Age:32 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS F Division Nagpur, Nagpur pin 440001

¶123Shrikant Tale Age: 34 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The HRO RMS F Division Nagpur, Nagpur pin 440001

¶124Pavan Diliprao Wakode Age:30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Postmaster General Nagpur Region, Nagpur Pin 440010

¶125Sachin Vishnu Mankar Age: 30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Postmaster General Nagpur Region, Nagpur Pin 440010

¶126Sudarshan Gangadhar Meshram Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Khaperkheda Sub Post Office, Kamthi Pin 441102

¶127Rahul Keshav Jadhao Age: 32 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Saoner Sub Post Office, Nagpur Pin 441107

¶128Pravinsingh Bhavsingh Rajput Age:34 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through Sub Record Office Gondia R.M.S Gondia Railway Station, Gondia Pin 441601

¶129Prashant Ukharda Lokhande Age:36 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through SRO Gondia R.M.S Gondia` Railway Station, Gondia Pin 441601

¶130Sham Ashok Wankhade Age: 34 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Head Post Office Wardha. Wardha Pin 442001

¶131Arati Shende Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Head Post Office Wardha, Wardha Pin 442001

¶132Umesh Tukaram Jadhao Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Hindnagar Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442003

¶133Devendra Pundlikrao Ambulkar Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Arvi Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442201

¶134Sagar Shiodas Mahore Age:32 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Arvi Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442201

¶135Premkumar Sureshrao Mankar Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Hinganghat Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442301

¶136Sachin Uttamrao Hinglaspure Age:35 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Hinganghat Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442301

¶137Shridhar Ramchandra Wakode Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Pulgaon Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442302

¶138Roshan Yeshwant Chaware Age:33 years, Occu. POSTMAN R/o:- O/o Pulgaon Sub Post Office, Wardha Pin 442302

¶139Ashish Janraoji Fulmali Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Chandrapur Head Post Office, Chandrapur Pin 442401

¶140Pawan Dadaji Pal Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Chandrapur Head Post Office, Chandrapur Pin 442401

¶141Prashant Shankarrao Landge Age:33 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o S.R.O(Rail mail Service) Chandrapur, Chandrapur Pin 442404

¶142Vikas Jivan Chukkalwar Age: 30 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o:- O/o Through The S.R.O Rail Mail Service. Chandrapur, Pin 442404

¶143Kailash Vishnu Lataye Age:33 years, Occu. Postal assistant R/o:- O/o Chimur Sub Post Office, Chandrapur Pin 442903

¶144Mahesh Madhukar Chavand Age:29 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Buldhana Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443001

¶145Trupti Vitthalrao Sonune Age:29 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Buldhana Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443001

¶146Manoj Madhukar Jeughale Age:31 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Buldhana Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443001

¶147Madhukar Bhaskar Theng Age:31 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o:- O/o Buldhana Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443001

¶148Suraj Sangramsingh Rajput Age:31 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Malkapur Sub Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443101

¶149Sachin Tulsiram Koge Age:35 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Malkapur Sub Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443101

¶150Sandeep R Rajput Age:31 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Malkapur Sub Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443101

¶151Sachin Vishwanath Sasankar Age:32 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Chikhli Sub post Office, Buldhana Pin 443201

¶152Pankaj Uttam Hiwale Age: 30 years, Occu. Postman R/o:- O/o Deulgaon Raja Sub post Office, Buldhana Pin 443204

¶153Maheshkumar Gajanan Chandane Age:34 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Mehkar Sub Post Office, Mehkar, tq Mehkar, Dist Buldhana Pin 443301

¶154Rushindrapal Kunjilal Maraskolhe Age:30 years, Occu. Postal Assistant R/o: O/o Jalgaon Sub post office, Buldhana Pin 443402

¶155Shrikant Damodar Ghuge Age:35 years, Occu. Mail Overseer (POSTMAN) R/o. O/o The SDI (P) Malkapur Sub Division. Headquarter. at Nandura, Buldhana -443404

¶156Amol Haridas Isal Age: 30 years. Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Akola Head Post Office, Akola Maharashtra Pin 444001

¶157Ashish Janraoji Waghamare Age: 30 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Sangrampur Sub Post Office, Tq Sangrampur Dist Buldhana Pin 444202

¶158Pradip Mayaram Dhirbassi Age: 31 years, Occu. Postman, R/o. O/o Khamgaon Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 444303

¶159Yashvant Damodharji Barekar Age:29 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Khamgaon Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 444303

¶160Vishal S Pofale Age:32 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Khamgaon Head Post Office, Buldhana Pin 444303

¶161Anirudha Shrikrushna Chaware Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Badnera Sub Post Office Badnera, Dist Amravti 444701

¶162Rakesh Arvind Sevekar Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office, Pin 445001 Arani Road, Yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶163Nilesh Pralahdrao Dongare Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office, Pin 445001 Arani Road Yawatmal. Pin 445002

¶164Prashant Kailesh Tirpude Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office.pin 445001 Arani Road yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶165Rameshwar Wasudeo Bagalkar Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office.pin 445001 Arani Road yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶166Ankush Ambadas Raut Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office,pin 445001 Arani Road yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶167Amol Subhashrao Maske Age: 33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office,pin 445001 Arani Road yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶168Sachin Mahadevrao Kitake Age:37 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Zillla Parishad (TSO) Sub Post Office Arani Road yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶169Rahul Sahebrao Kedare Age:33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office, pin 445001 Arani Road Yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶170Rahul Babanrao Haste Age: 33 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office,pin 445001 Arani Road Yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶171Vishal Bhimrao Gajlekar Age: 34 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Darwha Sub Post Office, TQ Darwa, Yawatmal Pin 445202

¶172Vijaykumar Ramesh Sidam Age:34 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Pusad Sub Post Office, Dist Yawatmal Pin 445204

¶173Pratik Prakash Baramkar Age: 34 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Umarkhed Sub Post Office, Yawatmal Pin 445206

¶174Chetan Ashokrao Rajgure Age: 30 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Pandharkawada sub Post Office, Yawatmal Pin 445302

¶175Manohar Sidram Arenavaru Age:32 years, Occu. Postman R/o. O/o Solapur Mkt. Sub Post Office Pin 413002

¶176Parshuram Hanumant Waghamode Age:35 years, Occu. Sorting Assistant R/o. O/o Through The SRO, RMS (Rail mail Service), Near Head Post Office, Ahmednagar, Pin 414001

¶177Ankush Pandhari Patole Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o CPMG Maharashtra Postal Circle, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶178Purujit Devidas Surwade Age: 34 Years, Occu: Mail guard Add. O/o CST TMO be side of saint George hospital, Mumbai 400001

¶179Mamata Gangaramji Kale Age: 28 Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o GPO, CSMT Area, Fort, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶180Purushottam Devidas Mahajan Age: 30 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Mumbai GPO, Nodel Delivery Section, Ground floor, Mumbai 400001

¶181Shital Balasaheb Tamhane Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o CRC Branch Center Sorting Division, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶182Punam Ramdas Nalat Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o CPSO,Mumbai Sorting Division, GPO Mumbai, 400001

¶183Ratan Amarrao Nimbalkar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o CRC Branch Center Sorting Division, Mumbai Pin 400001

¶184Amit Ramaji Shende Age: 31 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Foreign Post Ballard Estate, Fort Mumbai Pin 400001

¶185Amol Ravikumar Wanare Age: 34 Years, Occu: postal assistant Add. O/o Kalbadevi Head Post Office, Mumbai pin 400002

¶186Shantanu Ashokrao Tolmare Age: 30 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Air Mail Sorting Division, APSO Inland, AMSD Mumbai-400099

¶187Sarang Gajanan Bhawsar Age: 25 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Air Mail Sorting Division, APSO Inland, AMSD Mumbai-400099

¶188Nikhil Sureshrao Ambalkar Age: 33 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o HRO, Air Mail Sorting Division, Mumbai-400099

¶189Tushar Shriram Gawande Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Air Mail Sorting Division, APSO Inland, AMSD Mumbai-400099

¶190Minal Suresh Dharme Age: 31 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Head Record Office, Airmail Sorting Division Vileparle east Mumbai 400099

¶191Prashant Bhagwat Murkute Age: 34 Years, Occu: sorting assistant Add. O/o RMS, Panajim Sorting. Panaji Pin 403001

¶192Shriram Subhash Kedare Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Madgaon RMS, Madgaon Madgaon Pin 403601

¶193Archana Samadhan Umak Age: 28 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Kharghar Sub Post Office, Mumbai Pin 410210

¶194Seema Dnyandev Bharmal Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶195Swati Kisanrao Patwardhan Age: 35 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Pune GPO, Pune Pin 411001

¶196Amol Annasaheb Shinde Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶197Santosh Sahebrao Shinde Age: 32 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶198Vishal Balasaheb Dhole Age: 31 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The HRO Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Pin 411001

¶199Dipali Narendra Ambulkar Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Pune City Head Post Office, Pune Pin 411002

¶200Ashish Ambadas Ninghot Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o NIBM Sub Post Office, Pune Pin 411048

¶201Dadasaheb Dagadu Pathade Age: 33 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The SRO, Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Solapur. Pin 413001

¶202Gunvant Abasaheb Ritapure Age: 34 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The SRO, Rail Mail Service B Division Pune, Solapur. Pin 413001

¶203Harshal Prabhakarrao Pardhi Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Solapur Mkt. Sub Post Office, Solapur Pin 413002

¶204Amol Mahadev Choure Age: 33 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Baramati Head Post Office, Baramati Pin 413102

¶205Bibhishan Vasantrao Late Age: 39 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Osmanabad Head Post Office, Osmanabad Pin 413501

¶206Amol Ashokrao Rautrao Age: 34 Years, Occu: Mail Guard Add. O/o SRO, RMS B Division, Latur. Pin 413512

¶207Jyoti Shivaji Murkute Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Latur Head Post Office, Latur Pin 413512

¶208Harish Sarjerao Suryawanshi Age: 35 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office, Rail mail Service, Near Head Post Office, Ahmednagar, Pin 414001

¶209Asaram Shesherao Chaure Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office, Rail mail Service, Near Head Post Office, Ahmednagar, Pin 414001

¶210Varsha Vilas Ghanavat Age: 32 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. Through O/o The Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Satara. Pin 415001

¶211Sonali Shivaji Murkute Age: 31 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Parali Sub Post Office, Satara Pin 415013

¶212Mandakini Dharmraj Karad Age: 33 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Ratnagiri Head Post Office, Ratnagiri Pin 415612

¶213Babasaheb Bhausaheb Butte Age: 32 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Nashik PSD, Indraprastha Colony, Upnagar, Nashik422006

¶214Jamilkhan Rashidkhan Khatik Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service Nashik, Railway Station Nashik Pin 422101

¶215Pravin Kisan Rahane Age: 32 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service Nashik, Railway Station Nashik Pin 422101

¶216Anil Machhindra Thakare Age: 30 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service Nashik, Railway Station Nashik Pin 422101

¶217Kuldipak Anil Patil Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service, Manmad Pin 423104

¶218Pritesh Namdeorao Patil Age: 31 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service, Near Railway Sation, Dhule Pin 424001

¶219Pravin Shrikrushna Patil Age: 34 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The HRO RMS L Division, Bhusawal, In front of Govt. Rest house Yawal Road, Bhusawal, 425201

¶220Sanjay Madhav Badoore Age: 34 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The HRO RMS L Division, Bhusawal, In front of Govt. Rest house Yawal Road, Bhusawal, 425201

¶221Rohit Ramdas Ingale Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o O/o Through The HRO RMSL Division, Bhusawal, In front of Govt. Rest house Yawal Road, Bhusawal, 425201

¶222Azaroddin A Latif Kazi Age: 31 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Shivajinagar Sub Post Office, Nanded Pin 431602

¶223Pooja Ashok Tiwari Age: 31 Years, Occu: MTS Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶224Minal Dnyaneshwar Dharamsare Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶225Ashish Kishor Warhekar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶226Amit Dilip Khedkar Age: 36 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶227Pratik Premanand Sonar Age: 29 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶228Ravindra Shamrao Kuthe Age: 33 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶229Vikas Ganesh Wadhankar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶230Mayur Kishor Asare Age: 30 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶231Yogendra Dinesh Dipale Age: 36 Years. Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶232Rahul Bandu Khandare Age: 31 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶233Prashant Krushna Gedam Age: 31 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶234Shrikant Shriram Shinganjude Age: 31 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. O Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶235Vaibhav Shankarrao Deshmukh Age: 34 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. Office Of The Director of Account Postal, Maharashtra Circle, Nagpur Pin 440001

¶236Swapnil Vinodrao Thakare Age: 33 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶237Amol Ramkrishana Ambulkar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶238Dipali Samadhan Umak Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶239Basawraj Shivaji Kokane Age: 32 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶240Jivan Ramchandra Gunjarkar Age: 32 Years, Occu. Mailguard Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶241Dipali Shankarrao Gulhane/Shirbhate Age: 33 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶242Bhumika Ramdas Panghate Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶243Sachin Sukhdeo Tichkule Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶244Geeteshree Vikas Karambhe Age: 31 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶245Ankit Subhashrao Bhonde Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶246Prashant Bhimrao Talmale Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶247Lalit Sahebrao Mohod Age: 33 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶248Nilesh Rambhau Kawadkar Age: 33 Years, Occu; MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶249Swati Ramesh Bhoyar Age: 33 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office NSH Section, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶250Kushal Ashokrao Gawande Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶251Amol Wasudeorao Gabhane Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶252Sneha Ramesh Puri Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, NSH Section RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶253Sandip Dnyanba Shelke Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division. Nagpur pin 440001

¶254Maroti Vitthal Narwate Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶255Dipali Pundlikrao Bhatkulkar Age: 31 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office, RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶256Sagar Bhaurao Patile Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Head Record Office. RMS F Division, Nagpur pin 440001

¶257Shubham Gajananrao Deshmukh Age: 30 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Gokulpeth Sub Post Office, Nagpur Pin 440010

¶258Pratibha Prakash Anbhore Age: 29 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Wadi Sub Post Office, Nagpur Moffusil, Nagpur Pin 440023

¶259Pratibha Bapurao Sontakke Age: 27 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Kamathi Head Post Office, Kamthi, Nagpur Pin 441001

¶260Amol Sudhakar Shelake Age: 31 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Katol Sub Post Office, Nagpur Pin 441302

¶261Amit Yadaorao Dehalikar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. O/o Kalmeshwar sub post office, Nagpur pin 441501

¶262Bhushan Ganraj Donadkar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Gondia R.M.S Gondia Railway Station Pin 441601

¶263Atul Moreshwar Bhendarkar Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Gondia R.M.S Gondia Railway Station Pin 441601

¶264Praffulkumar Likhiram Raut Age: 35 Years, Occu: MTS, Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Gondia R.M.S Gondia Railway Station Pin 441601

¶265Kavita Narhari Bodakhe Age: 33 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office, Rail Mail Service, Near Head Post Office Wardha Pin 442001

¶266Vikas Shrikrushna Bhurse Age: 31 Years, Occu: postal assistant Add. O/o Chandrapur Head Post Office, Chandrapur pin 442401

¶267Pramod Madhukar Vairagade Age: 32 Years, Occu: Sorting Assistant Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail mail Service. Chandrapur, Pin 442404

¶268Pankaj Waman Dhote Age: 31 Years, Occu: Postal Assistant Add. O/o Bhadrawati Sub Post Office, Chandrapur Pin 442902

¶269Soniya Dilipsingh Hushare Age: 36 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. O/o Malkapur Sub Post Office, Buldhana Pin 443101

¶270Hemant Subhashrao Khekale Age: 28 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking Staff Add. R/o At.Post-Rahatgaon Tal.& Dist-Amravati-444602

¶271Vikas Harichandra Paranjape Age: 34 Years, Occu: Mailgurd Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office, Rail Mail Service Amravati, Pin 444602

¶272Abhijit Pundlikrao Jewade Age: 32 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Through The Sub Record Office Rail Mail Service Sorting Office, Yeotmal, Pin 445001

¶273Sudhir Mishrilal Gathe Age: 31 Years, Occu: Multi Tasking staff Add. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office, Yavatmal pin 445001.

¶274Piyush Ashok Ingle Age: 33 Years, Occu: Postman Add. O/o Yavatmal Head Post Office, Arani Road Yawatmal, Pin 445002

¶275Prasad Subhashrao Nimbalkar Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Ner Parsopant Sub Post Office, Yavatmal pin 445102

¶276Tushar Himmatrao Tayade Age: 28 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Darwha Sub Post Office, TQ Darwa, Yavatmal Pin 445202

¶277Rani Babanrao Kurhadkar Age: 32 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o Umarkhed Sub Post Office, Yavatmal Pin 445206

¶278Dipak Bapurao Gude Age: 34 Years, Occu: MTS Add. O/o CPMG, Maharashtra Circle, GPO BLDG, Mumbai Pin 400001. … Respondents … WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 13255 OF 2021

¶1Gulab S/o Gangadhar Pandhare, Age-30 Years, Occu-Service, R/o-Kothala, Post-Salegaon, Tal-Naygaon, Dist-Nanded

¶2Akshay S/o Sanjay Sonawane, Age-25 Years, Occu-Service, R/o. V/A-5, Vishnu Nagar, Jawahar Colony Road, Aurangabad, Dist-Aurangabad. 431001.

¶3Sanjeev S/o Bhkaji Gunjalkar, Age-32 Years, Occu-Service, R/o-Khudaj, Tal-Sengaon, Dist-Hingoli,

¶4Mangesh S/o Subhashrao Khanolkar, Age-29 Years, Occu-Service,R/o-Thugaon Khanapur, Post-Nandura Bk., Tal. and Dist-Amravati.

¶5Pankaj S/o Ramraoji Chakrpani, Age-32 Years, Occu-Service, R/o-Bhote layout, Near Bhim Takadi, Amaravati, Dist-Amravati.

¶6Nagnath S/o H. Bhujbal, Age-28 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Porjwala, Post-Majalpur, Tal and Dist-Parbhani.

¶7Nitin S/o Laxman Sangekar, Age-31 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Pachalegaon, Tal-Jintur, Dist-Parbhani.

¶8Kiran S/o Balaji Pimparwar, Age-30 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Wanjarwada, Tal-Jalkot, Dist-Latur.

¶9Swapnil S/o Haridas Wadkar, Age-31 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Wadegaon, Tal-Balapur, Dist-Akola.

¶10Anand S/o Jemnaji Jinke, Age-27 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Gaglegaon, Tal-Biloli, Dist-Nanded.

¶11Jayabharati D/o. Bhimraj Yadav, Age-30 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Near Bharai Baba Samadhi, Shantinagar, Bangade Plot, Nagpur, Dist. Nagpur.

¶12Sandip S/o Ramesh Borkar, Age-36 years, Occu-Service, R/o-Kharayanagar, Amravati, Dist. Amravati.

¶13Yogesh S/o. Rajaram Rasal, Age-27 Years, Occu-Service, R/o-Bhanakwadi, post-Raimoha, Tal-Shirurkasar, Dist-Beed.

¶14Hanmant S/o. Nagnath Linganwad, Age-30 Years, Occu-Service, R/o.Gaglegaon, Tal-Billoli, Dist-Nanded.

¶15Vaibhav S/o. Shrikrushnarao Nachankar, Age-31 Years, Occu-Service, R/o. Jalnapur, Tal-Chandur Bazar, Dist-Amravati.

¶16Mangesh S/o. Namdeo Ghatol, Age-30 years, Occu-Service, R/o. Uttam Nagar, Line No. 1, Yashoda Nagar No.2, Amravati-444606. … PETITIONERS VERSUS

¶1The Union of India, through the Secretary to Ministry of Posts, Communications and Information Technology, Delhi.

¶2The Chief Postmaster General, Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai-400 001.

¶3The Assistant Director, Postal Services (A & V), Maharashtra Circle, Mumbai. 400 001.

¶4The Senior Superintendent of Post Offices, Mumbai North-West Division, Kandiwali East, Mumbai, 400 001. ...RESPONDENTS … Advocate for Petitioners in W.P. No. 11873/2021 : Ms. P. S. Talekar i/by Talekar and Associates Advocate for Petitioners in W.P. No. 13255/2021: Mr. P.R. Katneshwarkar, Senior Advocate i/by Mr. Rahil S. Kazi Advocate for Respondent nos 1 to 4 in both writ petitions : Mr. S.S. Deve CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL & PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR , JJ. RESERVED ON PRONOUNCED ON : :

28.01.2025

17.02.2025 JUDGMENT : (MANGESH S. PATIL, J. ) The issue involved in these petitions is as to whether the employees, who have been selected under the same selection process but were appointed at different times can claim the seniority according to the select list and can claim as appointed on the date, the first appointment was made, irrespective of the delay in making the appointments.

¶2The issue arises in the backdrop of following factual scenario: The respondents i.e. the Department of Indian Postal Service-respondent no. 2 to 4 published an advertisement for recruitment to 1701 posts of postman-mail guard (PM-MG) and 730 posts of multi tasking staff

(MTS). Along with several aspirants, the petitioners also appeared at the examination and selection lists were prepared. The petitioners were given appointment after document verification and medical examination.

¶3On 25.11.2016, the respondents cancelled the entire selection process on some complaints. Some candidates filed Writ Petition No. 12117/2016 (Prakash Bhagaji Wani and others Vs. Union of India and others) and connected matters. By the judgment and order dated 03.05.2019 the decision dated 25.11.2016 of cancellation of the entire process was struck down. Directions were issued to verify involvement of individual petitioners in the matter of alleged suspicious circumstances, irregularities or malpractices, as was discussed in the judgment. Those who were already appointed, were directed to be reinstated and were entitled to have 50% of back wages and those who were still to be appointed were directed to be considered and were subsequently appointed.

¶4The decision in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra) was challenged before the Supreme Court but the Special Leave Petition was dismissed.

¶5Simultaneously, few other candidates put up a similar challenge to the decision regarding cancellation of process by filing Original Applications before the Central Administrative Tribunal in Original Application No. 805/2016 and connected matters. The tribunal disposed of the original applications in terms of the order passed in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra).

¶6Respondent nos. 2 to 4 conducted enquiries into the eligibility of candidates and segregated those, who were not found to have indulged in any malpractice etc. Accordingly, in all 341 candidates were given appointments with 50% back wages, on 27.1.2019, including the petitioners. Even thereafter from time to time few more appointments were given between 10.02.2021 and 25.02.2021.

¶7Subsequently, respondent nos. 2 to 4 published an advertisement for limited departmental competitive examination (LDC) for recruitment to the cadre of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants in postal divisions and units (including postal store depot) RMS and MNS for departmental quota of vacancy for the year 2021, on 13.09.2021. By moving an application on

04.10.2021, the petitioners sought permission to participate in the departmental examination. However, by the impugned communication dated 08.10.2021 the request for regularization with effect from 2016 was turned down and even they were refused permission to participate. A list of eligible candidates, who could appear for the limited departmental examination was published on 20.10.2021. Finding that their names were not appearing in the list, the petitions have been filed.

¶8Ms. Talekar, the learned advocate for the petitioners would submit that there was no fault on the part of the petitioners for their delayed appointments. It is pursuant to some malpractices that the selection process was cancelled. This Court had quashed and set aside the cancellation and had directed individual cases to be examined and had given directions for the appointments of the untainted candidates like the petitioners. Accordingly, the exercise was undertaken. Appointment orders were issued and as directed by this Court even 50% of the arrears were paid. She would, therefore, submit that since the petitioners were not at fault in delaying the appointments, they cannot be deprived of deriving the benefit of claiming a deemed date of appointment from the date the select list was prepared or first appointment was made. If that is considered to be the date of their appointment for the limited purpose of counting of service, the petitioners would be eligible, as they would be completing the requisite minimum service to make them eligible to appear at the limited departmental examination. She would submit that though it is only such of the petitioners/candidates, who were already appointed but were terminated, were entitled to claim 50% of back wages on their reinstatement as per the order of this Court in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra), since they all have been appointed through the same selection process, no distinction could have been made on the ground that some of the petitioners were still to be appointed.

¶9Ms. Talekar would submit that it is trite law that the seniority of the candidates inter se from the same selection process has to be maintained even if some of the candidates are appointed at a later point of time. She would refer to the decisions in the matters of (1) C. Jayachandran Vs. State of Kerala and others; (2020) 5 Supreme Court Cases, 230,(2) Balwant Singh Narwal and others Vs. State of Haryana and others; (2008) 7 SCC 728, (3) Pilla Sitaram Patrudu and others Vs. Union of India and others;

(1996) 8 SCC 637. She also relied upon judgments of Gujarat and Patna High Courts in Dipakbhai Pralhadbhai Chaudhary Vs. State of Gujarat and two others (in R/Special Civil Application No. 15434/2017) decided on

26.03.2019 and Ganpati Singh Vs. The State of Bihar and others (in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 663/2010) respectively.

¶10Mr. Katneshwarkar, learned Senior Advocate holding for the petitioners from Writ Petition No. 13255/2021 made the submissions on similar lines as were addressed by Ms. Talekar.

¶11It is necessary to note at this juncture that unlike the petitioners from Writ Petition No. 11873/2021, additionally, the petitioners in Writ Petition No. 13255/2021 have further prayed for grant of 50% of back wages, as was granted to some of the candidates. In the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra) and connected matters, two petitioners from Writ Petition No. 9910/2017 were granted such 50% of back wages, since they were already appointed but were terminated and were directed to be reinstated within two months with 50% of back wages. None of the other petitioners from that group was granted 50% of back wages while granting them the relief of being appointed after scrutiny of their involvement in the malpractices, which was the genesis for respondent nos. 2 to 4 to cancel the entire recruitment process.

¶12Mr. Katneshwarkar, additionally, relied upon the decision in the matter of Government of NCT of Delhi and others Vs. Sh. Rakesh Beniwal and others (Writ Petition (C) 7423/2013) decided on 04.08.2014, wherein in similar set of facts, setting aside the decision to cancel the selection process, wherein the original applicants before the Administrative Tribunal were given appointments after seven years, were held entitled to not only the appointments relating back to the date of appointment of other candidates who were junior to them but were also held entitled to and directed to be paid 50% of the back wages.

¶13Respondent nos. 2 to 4 have filed separate affidavits in both these petitions but are same in verbatim. In consonance with the stand being taken in these replies, learned advocate Mr. Deve for respondents submitted that indeed the recruitment process was undertaken for the vacancies as mentioned in these petitions. The process was outsourced to a private entity M/s. Manipal Technology Limited. For Postman/Mail guard (PM/MG), the examination was conducted on 29.03.2015 and for MTS it was conducted on 03.05.2015. The outsourcing agency handed over the results to the respondents on 21.03.2016. Pre-appointment formalities were completed by the respective divisions/units across the country. 1680 PM, 21 MG and 733 as MTS were selected. After reports, as indicated in the affidavit in reply, it was found that due to several mistakes and discrepancies committed by the outsourced agency, the decision was taken to cancel the entire recruitment process on 25.11.2016. The candidates who were appointed provisionally were terminated by resorting to Rule 5 of CCS (Temporary Service) Rules. Several candidates had approached the High Court and the Central Administrative Tribunal. As is mentioned in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra) the High Court set aside the decision to cancel the entire selection process and issued directions. Pursuant to such directions an exercise was undertaken, segregating the tainted candidates involved in different kind of misdeeds. Only 342 candidates who were terminated were reinstated with 50% back wages. He would also refer to part of the affidavit in reply expressly mentioning that after reinstatement these 342 candidates were extended consequential benefits of counting of qualifying service for increments, seniority, and the departmental examination, MACP, retiral benefits. However, rest of the untainted candidates were appointed after the exercise was undertaken. There was no question of their reinstatement and cannot be granted any benefit of counting of service for any purpose.

¶14However, Mr. Deve would raise a preliminary objection to the petitioners invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India without exhausting the efficacious alternate remedy of approaching the Central Administrative Tribunal and prayed that for this reason alone, the petitions be dismissed.

¶15As regards the merits of the petitioners' claim, Mr. Deve would submit that in order to enable PM/MG for the promotion to the post of Postal Assistants/Sorting Assistants in postal divisions/units etc., the eligibility criteria provided for in the recruitment rules notified in GSR 411 (E) dated

21.05.2015 and circulated to all the divisions is, an experience of three years in the regular service of PM and MG and regular service of five years of MTS. The petitioners were appointed only in the year 2021 and were not eligible for appearing at the limited departmental competitive examination of 2021 and no fault can be found in holding the petitioners as ineligible. He would thus pray to dismiss the petitions.

¶16We have considered the rival submissions and perused the papers. We have also carefully gone through the decisions cited at the bar. As can be gathered, there has not been a material dispute as regards the facts are concerned.

¶17A common recruitment process for the posts notified was conducted. Some of the candidates were even appointed but they were terminated on the premise that a vigilance enquiry was conducted and objectively the decision was taken to cancel the entire recruitment process. Some candidates, who were not appointed and couple of candidates who were terminated had approached this Court in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra). The writ petitions were disposed of with following directions: "1. All the Writ Petitions are allowed. The order of cancellation of the entire examination is set aside to the extent of the petitioners herein.

¶2The respondents are directed to verify again, whether there are any suspicious circumstances and irregularities in case of the petitioners herein and if no such suspicious circumstances, irregularities or malpractices are found as discussed in the judgment, the selection of the petitioners be restored and further process shall be completed within a period of two months.

¶3As far as the petitioners in Writ Petition No. 9910 of 2017 are concerned, the respondents shall verify their record as well and if no suspicious circumstances or malpractices as discussed in the judgment are noted in their individual cases, their appointments shall be restored within a period of two months with 50% back wages.

¶4In the facts and circumstances, we do not want to take any cognizance of the contempt. Hence, the Contempt Petition No. 663 of 2017 is dismissed.

¶5We anticipate the request for stay of this order. Since we are granting time of two months for verification and giving effect to this order, no separate time is required to be given for obtaining stay order from the superior Court.

¶6Rule is made absolute in the above terms with no order as to costs.

¶7Pending civil applications, if any, stand disposed of."

¶18Admittedly, some of the candidates, who had approached the Central Administrative Tribunal, were also held to be entitled to have the same reliefs as per the decision of this Court in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra).

¶19There is also no dispute about the fact that according to the recruitment rules for promotion through limited departmental competitive examination, the eligibility criteria provides completion of three years' service in the grade of PM and MG and five years of MTS. Admittedly, the petitioners were appointed in the year 2021 and have not completed the requisite experience in the grade. For this reason they have been prevented from appearing at the limited departmental competitive examination. Their request for regularization of the service has also been turned down. This is the genesis for these petitions.

¶20The issue has been addressed by the Supreme Court as well as the High Courts in variety of matters and the common thread that can be culled down from catena of judgments cited at the bar is to the effect that all the candidates from the same selection process appointed on different dates would maintain their seniority in accordance with the select list, particularly when the delay in appointments is not attributable to the candidates.

¶21With respect, according to us, judgment of the division bench of Delhi and Haryana High Court in the matter of Government of NCT of Delhi Vs. Sh. Ramesh Benniwal (supra), authored by Justice S. Ravindra Bhat (as his Lordship then was) meticulously culls down the principles by referring to several earlier decisions, some of which have been cited before us. The following observations encapsulates the whole gamut of the dispute in hand : "16. The appointment of the respondent/applicants took place 7 years after the examination was conducted. Their juniors were naturally eligible for promotion having completed the requisite qualifying period. However they-for no fault of their own-were retained in the same grade as a consequence of their late appointment. The right of equality before law spelt out by Article 14 of the Constitution of India dictates that all individuals must be treated equally before law. If the respondents are denied promotion on the ground that they are still serving their probation period as a consequence of their appointment in 2009, the same cannot be said to be fair treatment of all the employees by the petitioners. In the present case, the rule requiring fulfilment of qualifying service is not an immutable condition, incapable of being relieved. The Office Memoranda quoted by the Tribunal, and extracts reproduced above, disclose that promotions can given to seniors whose claims are unjustly ignored, to start with. Therefore, this Court finds no infirmity with the direction to grant promotion to the applicant/ respondents. Point No (b).

¶19The Supreme Court has deliberated upon the said FR and its implications in circumstances where an employee was kept away from working in a particular position in these terms in Union of India v. K.V. Janki Raman AIR 1991 SC 2010 : "We are not much impressed by the contention advanced on behalf of the authorities. The normal rule of 'no work no pay is not applicable to cases such as the present one where the employee although he is willing to work is kept (away) by the authorities for no fault of his. This is not a case where the employee remains away from work for his own reasons although the work is offered to him. It is for this reason that F.R. 17(1) will also be inapplicable to such cases."

¶23The respondents have spent a majority of the 12 years waiting on results and the procedure of being appointed to Grade II (DASS), and have been endlessly litigating the issue. Instead of pursuing their employment and working for a livelihood in earnest, the respondents who were at the threshold of starting a new life are stuck in the middle still litigating for a promotion, when they have merely followed the instruction of the petitioners. The GNCTD cannot disregard the suffering endured by the respondents. A perusal of matters surrounding disputes against the petitioners have unearthed a similar matter decided by this court in The Chief Secretary & Ors. v. Kuldeep Singh & Anr. [W/P. (C) No. 8910 of 2009 decided on 24.11.2011]. The stark delays in the processing of the application of the respondent by the same petitioners in the present writ has been evidently highlighted therein. This court held; "8. In this background, admittedly, the delay in offering the appointment to the respondent no. 1 rests squarely on the petitioner's organization and the respondent no. 1 herein cannot be faulted for the same. In fact the appointment letter would not have been issued but for the fact that the respondent no.1 approached the Principal Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal by way of a petition under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunal Act, 1985 resulting in the pronouncement dated 2

nd April, 2009.

¶15Given the facts and circumstances noticed above, interests of justice merit that the respondent in any case would be entitled to the consequential financial benefits.

¶17The respondent no.1 has been given due seniority. It is accordingly directed that the respondent no.1 would be entitled to increment from the same date w.e.f. 1st April, 2009. In case the respondent no.1 is entitled to any other financial benefits as a result of this increment, the petitioner shall compute the same and effectuate the same as well." [emphasis added]

¶26The delay in appointment and the consequential denial of benefits is the direct corollary of the inaction of the petitioners; consequently, they cannot take advantage of their own delays in declaring results and issuing appointment letters to deny promotion to the respondents. The Supreme Court has observed in this regard in the matter of Baij Nath Sharma vs. Hon'ble Rajasthan High Court at Jodhpur, 1988 SCC (L&S) 1754. "But here the appellant has been deprived of his promotion without any fault of his. High Court said that it might be sad state of affairs that the name of the appellant was not considered for promotion till he retired. High Court may feel anguish but it gives no comfort to the appellant. At least for future such an unfortunate thing should not happen to any other officer similarly situated. This malaise which abysmally afflicts any service when there is recruitment from different sources when there is recruitment from different sources crops up in the one form or the other with great disadvantage of one or the other. But then service is not constituted merely for the benefit of the officers in the service but with a certain purpose in view and in the present case for dispensing justice to the public at large." [emphasis added]

¶27The circumstances surrounding the present matter reflect a casual and indifferent attitude on part of the petitioners, which borders on being callous. The respondents have had to, in the interregnum, not only go through the ignominy of working under their juniors, but also, despite admittedly being senior to them, still continue to draw lesser pay. In the economic scenario prevailing in the country, where prices of even essential commodities have gone skyrocketing, not from year to year or month to month, but from day to day, the respondents have had to manage his affairs with a far lower pay packet than they might have got on the promotional post." It is to be noted that the state Government had approached the High Court being aggrieved by the decision of the Central Administrative Tribunal.

¶22Though the facts are obviously peculiar and different, C. Jayachandran (supra) also lays down a similar principle and right of a candidate to seek deemed date of appointment. In view of such trite legal position, there is no escape from the conclusion that since admittedly the delay in petitioners' appointments had occasioned without anything attributable to them, it would be violative of Article 14 to deprive them the benefit which has been derived by the candidates from the same recruitment process.

¶23As a corollary, particularly when, admittedly, some candidates who were already appointed but were terminated and were directed to be reinstated with 50% back wages, it would be anomalous to treat the petitioners differently. It would be arbitrary as well.

¶24True it is that admittedly, the recruitment rules provide for eligibility criteria as mentioned herein above experience of 3/5 years of PM/MG and MTS respectively and the petitioners having been appointed after lapse of 4-5 years of publication of the select list, only in the year 2021, they would not be having the requisite experience. In our considered view, it would be a service attribute emanating from their right to seek employment from the date they were selected. They cannot be put to any disadvantage for failure of the respondents in appointing them, may be for bona fide reasons, when their decision to cancel the selection process has been struck down by this Court in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra). Pertinently that decision was rendered on 03.05.2019, and unsuccessful attempt of the respondents in challenging that decision and further allowing couple of years from the direction of this High Court to be wasted before the petitioners were appointed, is an additional reason for their delayed appointments. For the lapse on the part of the respondents, the petitioners cannot be made to suffer.

¶25True it is that the candidates from the same selection process, who are otherwise eligible to appear at limited departmental competitive examination having put in requisite number of service and are ready to appear at the examination are not before us. However, in our considered view, merely declaring the petitioners to be entitled to have a deemed date of appointment when the other candidates from the same recruitment process were appointed, absence of those who have already been appointed and eligible to appear at the limited departmental competitive examination cannot be said to be necessary parties. It is not a matter of estoppel. To repeat, for no fault of petitioners, their appointments were delayed and therefore they are entitled to a deemed date of appointment. It is only consequentially that they would become eligible for counting of the service for all attributes of service including the eligibility criteria provided by the recruitment rules for appearing at the limited departmental competitive examination.

¶26At the same time, as has been mentioned herein above, the petitioners from Writ Petition No. 11873/2021 have not claimed any back wages but the petitioners from Writ Petition No. 13255/2021 are claiming even the back wages. In our considered view, they are seeking to derive the benefit obtained by the petitioners from the group of petitions in the matter of Prakash Bhagaji Wani (supra). However, they being the fence sitters, who could have filed the writ petitions but had waited for the decision of this Court and still have been able to derive the benefit of getting the appointment, in our considered view, are not entitled to any back wages, albeit like all other petitioners they are entitled to have a deemed date of promotion from the date the juniors to them from the same select list were appointed. As a corollary, commensurate with their such deemed date of appointment, they would be entitled to counting of their service for the purpose of calculating the experience provided for in the eligibility criteria under the recruitment rules for promotion through limited departmental competitive examination.

¶27Writ Petition No. 11873/2021 is allowed.

¶28Writ Petition No. 13255/2021 is partly allowed.

¶29It is declared that all these petitioners from both the petitions are entitled to counting of their service treating them to have been appointed together with all the other candidates from the same selection process, maintaining their inter se seniority for counting of service for pensionary purposes and all other incidental benefits including for counting experience for appearing at the limited departmental competitive examination.

¶30Claim of the petitioners from Writ Petition No. 13255/2021 for back wages is dismissed. ( PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR J.) (MANGESH S. PATIL, J.) mkd/-