Rajendra Eknath Khirsagar and Ors v. The State of Maharashtra Throu. the Sec. Education Dept and Ors

Order Rajendra Eknath Kshirsagar 41967 31/05/2024 Vatpali 06/11/2024 Raju Jagganath Ghadge 45809 31/05/2023 Pisewadi, Velapur 09/12/2023 Vasant Kashinath Kakade 24078 31/05/2028 Sarole, Mohol 03/08/2018 Anand Ramchandra Kachare 61319 31/05/2024 Bondale 08/10/2024 Abdulrahim Yashin Sayyad 44041 31/05/2023 Garwad 09/07/2023 Ruksana Mahamud Mulani 49187 28/02/2023 Prandawade 10/03/2023 Trupti 10 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt Baidabai Eknath Chavan 37264 31/05/2022 Dombasewas ti 01/09/2023 Ramkrushna Shankar Gurav 58978 31/05/2024 Mule No. 2 Akluj 06/10/2024 Ramesh Bhimrao Waghmare 183646 31/05/2024 Velapur

(Mule) 30/07/2024 Mandadevi Sambhaji Talekar 56010 30/06/2019 Mule No. 3 Akluj 24/10/2019 Mohan Gangadhar Ingole 53092 31/08/2023 Mule No. 1 Akluj 05/10/2023 Dnynoba Khetri Maske 40580 31/05/2023 Wagholi 21/09/2023 Jaggushing Kharagshing Rajput 44041 31/05/2024 Madnewasti 06/11/2024 Suresh Dashrath Gaikwad 65920 31/05/2022 Shindewadi 22/11/2022 Vilas Hari Shinde 24504 31/05/2024 Ughdewadi 24/05/2024 Sunil Arjun Karale 54339 31/05/2023 Gursale 11/09/2023 Rajendra Nivrutti Jadhav 44041 31/05/2024 Velapur

(Muli) 06/11/2024 Inshad Sardar Shaikh 51763 30/09/2024 Velapur

(Mule) 08/11/2023 Vimal Dattatray Dhope 480441 30/03/2023 Sadashivnag ar 30/08/2023 Pandhari Dnyanu Lengare 19900 31/05/2023 Kachrewadi 09/05/2023 Alka Balkrushna Khilare 47606 31/03/2023 Kanys Natepute 13/04/2023 Sangita Shrikrushna Mhetre 53044 31/05/2023 Sadashivnag ar 07/11/2023 Lata Madhusudan Kathwate 51301 31/12/2022 Devkate Patilwasti 13/04/2023 Babasaheb Ananda Patil 96571 31/05/2020 Ledve Chinchale, Magalwedha 05/03/2021 Nanasaheb Bhagwan Nakate 97297 21/05/2017 Chopadi 25/09/2017 Bebinanda Dagadu Pawar 83942 28/02/2023 Kashegaon 01/09/2023 Surekha Prakash Bagade 14665 31/10/2017 Borgaon 04/12/2017 Vishnu Sadhu Bodake 46044 31/05/2022 Ambutal, Angar 21/05/2022 Mahadev Balbhim Chavan 47891 31/05/2022 Ambaycham ala 22/09/2022 Balkrushna

Narayan Narkhedkar 51832 30/04/2019 Bitale, Mohol 27/05/2019 Rajendra Pandurang Musale 46970 31/05/2022 Ashthi 07/01/2022 Suryakant Somnath Dikole 46970 31/05/2022 Waphale 26/05/2022 Chandrakant Rama Karade 46970 31/05/2022 Shethphal 25/05/2022 Bhimrao Bhau Mane 47891 31/05/2022 Konheri 27/05/2022 Bharat Rajendra Hembade 57514 31/05/2022 Nandeshwer 16/07/2020 Hanumant Narayan Chavan 23174 31/05/2016 Pokhrapur 01/10/2018 Trupti 11 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt Annasaheb Sadashiv Phalake 305030 31/05/2024 Purandawade 13/08/2024 Dattatray Bhagwan Dhainje 58978 31/05/2024 Dharmapuri 06/11/2024 Ranjana Devidas Teke 6783 31/05/2017 ZP School Natepute 19/05/2017 Avinash Namdev Satpute 45809 31/05/2024 Piliv 06/11/2024 Sikandar Mahamud Mujawar 43612 31/05/2023 Garwad 24/09/2023 Vishnu Jaywant Shinde 46707 31/05/2023 Patilwasti 27/09/2023 Shiramnt Kondiba Gund 6783 31/05/2024 Akluj 20/06/2017 Parshuram Somnath Jadhav 50604 31/05/2015 Tambole 04/02/2016 Tukaram Revanshiddha Nigadi 72597 31/05/2019 Huljanti 04/01/2020 Bhausaheb Dattatray Kulkarni 25523 31/05/2017 Madha 14/07/2017 Bhagyashri

Pradipkumar Uplekar 7284 31/05/2017 Barshi 26/05/2020 Pradipkumar Vasant Uplekar 41687 31/07/2018 Barshi 10/09/2018 Krushna Hambirrao Ghavane 49722 30/04/2019 Kurduwadi 14/05/2019 Hanif Abdulrahim Mulla 27110 30/05/2018 Madha 09/08/2018 Arun Dnyandev Kondgar 60124 31/05/2024 Akluj 06/10/2024 Sushma Maruti Yadav 46276 31/05/2023 Paniv 19/02/2024 Latika Mohan Shelake 76437 03/12/2022 Motewadi 21/09/2023 Mahadev Trimbak Navale 36413 30/11/2018 Anandnagar 07/01/2019 Vidhya Mahadev Navale 44441 31/05/2022 Malewadi 07/11/2023 Vilas Jyoti Magar 44041 31/05/2024 Akluj Muli 3 11/06/2024 Sangita Raghunath Patole 45809 31/05/2024 Borgaon, Malewadi 06/11/2024 Vimal Govind Bhosale 87907 01/04/2024 Anandnagar 21/05/2024 Vijay Bajrang Kumbhar 59401 31/05/2022 Kuranwadi, Angar 21/05/2022 Balbhim Sambhaji Konhere 44933 31/05/2024 Jambhud 06/11/2024 Ganesh Vitthal Ubale (late) Sushma Prakash Dalavi 34406 24/10/2021 Palve Wasti 01/04/2022 Jyoti Bapurao Khode 83933 08/05/2021 Manewasti Kondbavi 26/10/2021 Kalyan Bajrang Naste 7860 31/05/2022 Chandapuri 30/05/2017 Arun Govind Javale 58983 31/05/2019 Marawade Muli 03/01/2020

¶4We have considered the strenuous submissions of the learned Advocates. It is, however, undisputed that none of these Trupti 12 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt Petitioners had played any fraud or were personally involved in wrongful revision of their pay scales or orchestrating wrongful revision by manipulating the record. There is no allegation of fraud or deceit against any of them. No undertaking was acquired from them as and when the revised pay scales become payable. In some cases, at the stroke of retirement, a condition was imposed that they should execute an undertaking and it is in these coercive circumstances, that undertakings were extracted from some of them.

¶5The learned Advocate representing the Zilla Parishad as well as the learned A.G.P., submit that once an undertaking is executed, the case of the Petitioners would be covered by the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in High Court of Punjab and Haryana and others vs. Jagdev Singh, 2016 AIR (SCW) 3523. Reliance is placed on the judgment delivered by this Court on 1st September, 2021, in Writ Petition No. 13262 of 2018 filed by Ananda Vikram Baviskar Vs. State of Maharashtra and others.

¶6We have referred to the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in High Court of Punjab and Haryana and others vs. Jagdev Singh (supra). However, the record reveals that no undertaking was taken from these Petitioners when the pay scales were revised. The Trupti 13 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt undertakings from some of them were taken at the stroke of their retirement. An undertaking has to be taken from the candidate on the day the revised pay scale is made applicable to him and the payment commences. At the stroke of superannuation of the said employee, asking him to tender an undertaking, practically amounts to an afterthought on the part of the employer and a mode of compelling the candidate to execute an undertaking since they are apprehensive that their retiral benefits would not be released until such undertaking is executed. Such an undertaking will not have the same sanctity of an undertaking executed when the payment of revised pay scale had commenced. We, therefore, respectfully conclude that the view taken in High Court of Punjab and Haryana and others vs. Jagdev Singh (supra), would not be applicable to the case of these Petitioners, more so, since the recovery is initiated after their superannuation.

¶7Taking into account that these Petitioners were not involved in any mischief, fraud or deceit in orchestrating their wrongful pay revision, the law laid down by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Syed Abdul Qadir vs. State of Bihar and others, 2009 (3) SCC 475 and State of Punjab and other vs. Rafiq Masih (White Washer) etc. (2015) 4 SCC 334 = AIR 2015 SC 696, would apply to these cases. Trupti 14 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt

¶8As such, this Writ Petition is allowed.

¶9The impugned orders are quashed and set aside. The amounts due and payable to the Petitioners, as well as to the widows, as the case may be, after the superannuation of the said employees/ death of the employees, would be paid to these Petitioners/widows, within a period of 90 days along with admissible interest as per Rules, to be paid together. (ASHWIN D. BHOBE,J.) ( RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)

Trupti 1 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 17166 OF 2024 1. Rajendra Eknath Khirsagar Age- about 58 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post , Goradwadi Tal- MalshirasDist- Solapur. 2. Raju Jagganath Ghadge Age-about 59years ,Occu- retired, Residing at post Velapur, Tal- Malshiras,Dist- Solapur. 3. Vasant Kashinath Kakade Age-about 65years ,Occu- retired, Residing at post Mohol, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 4. Anand Ramchandra Kachare Age-about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Velapur, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 5. Abdulrahim Yashin Sayyad Age- about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Piliv, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 6. Ruksana Mahamud Mulani Age-about 60 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Malshiras, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 7. Baidabai Eknath Chavan Age-about 60 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Velapur, Tal- Malshiras,Dist- Solapur. 8. Ramkrushna Shankar Gurav Age-about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Mahalung Tal- Malshiras,Dist- Solapur. TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE Date: 2024.12.02 15:02:47 +0530 Trupti 2 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt 9. Ramesh Bhimrao Waghmare Age- about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Vilapur, Tal- Malshiras ,Dist- Solapur. 10. Mandadevi Sambhaji Talekar Age-about 63 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Lawang, Tal- MalshirasDist- Solapur. 11. Mohan Gangadhar Ingole Age-about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Akluj, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 12. Dnynoba Khetri Maske Age-about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Akluj, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 13. Jaggushing Kharagshing Rajput Age- about 58 years, Occu- retired, Residing at Piliv, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 14. Suresh Dashrath Gaikwad Age-60years ,Occu- retired, Residing at post Shindewadi Tal- Malshiras,Dist- Solapur. 15. Vilas Hari Shinde Age- about 58years ,Occu- retired, Residing at Malinagar, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 16. Sunil Arjun Karale Age-about years, Occu- retired, Residing at Natepute Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 17. Rajendra Nivrutti Jadhav Age- about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at Maloli, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 18. Inshad Sardar Shaikh Age- about 59 years, Occu- retired Residing at post Yashwantnagar Malshiras Tal- Sangola, Dist- Solapur. Trupti 3 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt 19. Vimal Dattatray Dhope Age-about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at Sadashivnagar, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 20. Pandhari Dnyanu Lengare Age- about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post-Piliv, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 21. Alka Balkrushna Khilare Age-about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Natepute, Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 22. Sangita Shrikrushna Mhetre Age- about 59 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Pune, Tal- Pune, Dist- Pune. 23. Lata Madhusudan Kathwate Age-about 60years ,Occu- retired, Residing at post Velapur, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 24. Babasaheb Ananda Patil Age-about 52 years, Occu- retired, Residing at post Ledve Chinchle, Mangalwedha Tal- Malshiras,Dist- Solapur. 25. Nanasaheb Bhagwan Nakate Age-about 62 yrs, Occu- retired, Residing at post Akola Vasud, Tal- Sangola, Dist- Solapur. 26. Bebinanda Dagadu Pawar Age-60 yrs, Occu- Retired, Residing at post Marawade, Mangalwedha. Tal- Malshiras Dist- Solapur. 27. Surekha Prakash Bagade Age-60 yrs, Occu- retired, Residing at post Borgaon Tal- TasgaonDist- Sangli. Trupti 4 910 -wp-17166-2024.odt 28. Vishnu Sadhu Bodake Age-60 yrs, Occu- retired, Residing at post Angar Mohol, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 29. Mahadev Balbhim Chavan Age-60yers, Occu- retired Residing at post Angar Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 30. Balkrushna Narayan Narkhedkar Age-about 63yrs ,Occu- retired Residing at post Mohol, Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur. 31. Rajendra Pandurang Musale Age -about 63 years, Occu- Retired Residing at post -Waphale Tal- Malshiras, Dist- Solapur 32. Suryakant Somnath Dikole Age-about 63yrs, Occu- retired, Resi