Kamlakar Jagannath Patil And ... vs The State Of Maharashtra And ...
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               IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                          BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                          WRIT PETITION NO. 8115 OF 2021

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Kamlakar s/o Jagannath Patil Age : 36 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : At Post Bamhne, Tq. Sindkheda, Dist. Dhule.

2. Arun s/o Aadhar Patil Age : 43 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Plot No. 10 (A), Parshvanath Nagar, Dondiecha, Tq. Sindkheda, Dist. Dhule.

3. Yogesh s/o Bajirao Sonawane Age : 39 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Plot No. 18, Rajput Colony, Near Maharana Pratap School, Devpur, Dhule.

4. Dnyaneshwargir s/o Sudhakargir Gosavi Age : 33 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Plot No. 4, Swaminarayan Nagar, Dondiecha, Tq. Sindkheda, Dist. Dhule.

5. Amardip s/o Bhaidas More Age : 32 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Plot No. 64, Samarth Mangaltirth Nagar, Nandurbar, Tq. & Dist. Nandurbar.

6. Sandip s/o Punaji More Age : 36 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Plot No. 7, Mnisha Nagar, Shahada, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar.

7. Ashok s/o Bhaidas Gangurde Age : 35 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : At Post Waghale, Tq. & Dist. Nandurbar.

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8. Lalita Gulabrao Shisode Age : 39 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Shastri Nagar, Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

9. Shamal w/o Ribesh Gavit Age : 46 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : Prabhakar Colony, Plot No. 80/1, Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

10. Nitesh s/o Ramesh Valvi Age : 40 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : At Dudhve, Post Navagaon, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

11. Ashok s/o Chamarya Kuwar Age : 41 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : At Bandharpada, Post Kudashi, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

12. Harshal s/o Lotan Biraris Age : 34 years, Occu. : Teacher, R/o : At Balhane, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

13. Ganesh s/o Parasha Pawara Age : 39 years, Occu. : Kamathi R/o : Dudhkheda, Tq. Shahade, Dist. Nandurbar.

14. Rekha Manga Thakare Age : 37 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At post Sulwade, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar.

15. Sangita Soma Vasave Age : 33 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At Post Bhangarapani, Tq. Akkalkuva, Dist. Nandurbar.

16. Sunil s/o Kashinath Chaudhari Age : 38 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : At post Chiplipada, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

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17. Rakesh s/o Shiva Pawara Age : 31 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : Ganor Akrani, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar.

18. Naina Bharat Kokani, Age : 33 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At Post Dhongsagali, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

19. Anusaya Jaysing Gaikwad Age : 41 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : Navali, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

20. Budha s/o Shamu Bagul Age : 43 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : Amsarpada, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

21. Ganesh s/o Ransing Sule Age : 47 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : Shahana, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar.

22. Vishnu s/o Hiralal Thakare Age : 40 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : Shahana, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar.

23. Chandula Jolu Valvi Age : 46 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : Molipada, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

24. Dinesh s/o Sampat Pradhan Age : 48 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : Natawad, Tq & Dist. Nandurbar.

25. Pradip s/o Vechya Gavit Age : 34 years, Occu. : Peon, R/o : Panghran, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

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26. Sanjay s/o Vaman Gavit Age : 41 years, Occu. : Lab Assistant, R/o : Vavadi, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

27. Malatibai Magan Gavit Age : 45 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : Mordhava, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

28. Varsha Vijaysing Mavchi Age : 37 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : Khekda, Tq. Navapur, Dist. Nandurbar.

29. Sanjay s/o Bhura Jadhav Age : 40 years, Occu. : Watchman, R/o : Adarsh Colony, Shindkheda, Dist. Dhule.

30. Rakesh s/o Lalsing Naik Age : 35 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : Mandara, Tq. Akkalkuwa, Dist. Nandurbar.

31. Rajendra s/o Barku Koli Age : 40 years, Occu. : Peon/Watchman, R/o : Vathode, Tq. Shirpur, Dist. Dhule.

32. Ramesh s/o Velji Thingale Age : 41 years, Occu. : Kamathi/Cook, R/o : At. Nandarkhi, Post. Umarpata, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

33. Kalu s/o Gopal Chaudhari Age : 38 years, Occu. : Kamathi, R/o : At Ambapada, Post. Kudashi, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

34. Kapil s/o Hari Kulkarni Age : 40 years, Occu. : Watchman/Kamathi, R/o : At. Post. Malpur, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

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35. Smt. Chitrabai Tetiram Gayakwad Age : 41 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At. Post. Shirsole, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

36. Smt. Tarabai Rajaram Bagul Age : 38 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At. Post. Shirsole, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

37. Smt. Ushabai Rudha Ahire Age : 39 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : Dhamdam Gavathan, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

38. Smt. Lalita Sakharam Kokani Age : 34 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At. Post. Waghale, Tq. Nandurbar, Dist. Nandurbar.

39. Smt. Meena Devalu Bhavare Age : 41 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At. Bopkhel, Post Dangshirvade, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

40. Smt. Kalpana Sanjay Patole Age : 34 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At Sulwade, Tq. Shindkheda, Dist. Dhule.

41. Smt. Nirmalabai Vanji Kuwar Age : 38 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At Dangshirwade, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

42. Smt. Vijaya Atiram Desai Age : 42 years, Occu. : Cook, R/o : At Savrpada, Post. Temba, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule.

43. Smt. Shantibai Lalji Kuwar Age : 45 years, Occu. : Peon/Watchman, R/o : Umarpata, Tq. Sakri, Dist. Dhule. .. Petitioners

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Versus

1. The State of Maharashtra (Through its Principal Secretary, Tribal Development Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032)

2. The Commissioner, Tribal Development, Ground Floor, Adivasi Vikas Bhavan, Gadkari Chowk, Old Agra Road, Nashik-422002.

3. The Addl. Commissioner, Tribal Development, Nashik Region, District Nashik.

4. The Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Project, Nandurbar, Dist. Nandurbar.

5. The Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Project, Taloda, Tq. Nandurbar, Dist. Nandurbar.

6. The Project Officer, Integrated Tribal Development Project, Dhule, Dist. Dhule. .. Respondents

Mr. U. R. Awate, Advocate h/f Talekar and Associates, Advocate for the Petitioners.

Mrs. V. N. Patil-Jadhav, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 to 6.

CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA & R. N. LADDHA, JJ.

DATED : 10th AUGUST, 2021.

ORAL JUDGMENT (PER S. V. GANGAPURWALA, J.) :-

. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. With the consent of

parties, taken up for final hearing at admission stage.

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2. The petitioners are employees of Ashram schools. The contention

of the petitioners is that the petitioners are working for more than ten

years on adhoc basis. The petitioners seek regularization .

3. We have also heard the learned A.G.P. for respondent Nos. 1 to 6.

4. The issue is no longer res-integra in view of the judgment of the

Division Bench of this Court in a case of Madhukar s/o Bhavanrao

Sadgir and others Vs. State of Maharashtra and others reported in 2019

(2) Mh.L.J. 119.

5. The said judgment was assailed before the Apex Court. The Apex

Court upheld the judgment of this Court. It is further directed by the

Apex Court that the Assistant Teachers with primary section shall

acquire the qualification of TET within a period of five (05) years.

6. In the light of the above, we follow the same course as adopted

in a case of Madhukar s/o Bhavanrao Sadgir (supra).

7. For the reasons recorded in the judgment in a case of Madhukar

s/o Bhavanrao Sadgir (supra), we follow the same course and pass the

following order.

                                   ORDER

          (i)     The respondents shall regularize the services of the


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petitioners who have completed ten years of service with effect

from the date they have completed ten years or the date of filing

of writ petition whichever is later.

(ii) Those petitioners who are terminated after completion of

ten years of service during the pendency of the writ petition shall

be reinstated and shall be granted regularization from the date

they have filed the petition or after completion of ten years of

service whichever is later.

(iii) For all practical purposes the services of the petitioners

shall be considered regular from the date as observed above.

However, we may not grant them actual financial benefit for the

period prior to the present order. They will be entitled for the

regular pay scale from 1-11-2018.

(iv) The respondents shall count the services of the petitioners

from their date of appointment continuously for counting ten

years of their service.

(v) The primary teachers governed by the Right of Children to

Free and Compulsory Education Act shall acquire the TET

qualification within a period of five (05) years.

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8. Rule is accordingly made absolute in above terms. No costs.

 ( R. N. LADDHA )                             ( S. V. GANGAPURWALA )
      JUDGE                                             JUDGE



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