1 906-WP-12840-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 12840 OF 2026 1. Tapsing Prabhatsing Padvi 2. Raghunath Hiraman Bhoye 3. Umesh Balvant Gavit 4. Ravindra Gajmal Sonawane 5. Mona Bhujya Desai 6. Nayankumar Dagaji Aghav 7. Rupali Ramakant Bedse 8. Anis Sk Isak Pinjari 9. Sunil Anant Giri 10. Kirankumar Suresh Rajhans 11. Rajusingh Narayansingh Pawar 12. Sapana Bapu Bhalerao 13. Vandana Chhaganrao Uche 14. Ashok Shivagir Gosavi 15. Jayesh Devidas Bhamare 16. Vaishali Jejiram Bagul 17. Nandusing Govindsing Girase 18. Dhaval Devidas Petkar 19. Harish Muralidhar Ahire 20. Nasirkhan Gaffarkhan Pathan 21. Sangita Fatteshing Kokani 22. Jayashri Vedu Suryavanshi 23. Krishna Vedu Suryawanshi 24. Vishal Raghunath Shukla 25. Anil Dayaram Chaudhari 26. Vilas Dangal Dhangar 27. Gorakh Haribhau Savle 28. Hemant Hiralal More SVH 2026:BHC-AUG:44480-DB 2 906-WP-12840-26.odt 29. Manmohini Bhagwantrao Shinde 30. Pramila Bhaurao Bahiram 31. Yuvraj Sadashiv Bhandgar 32. Madhuri Punaji Kokani 33. Atul Ravindra Kulkarni 34. Anil Dhanraj Patil 35. Ravindra Sukdeo Lade 36. Dinesh Khanderao Pawar 37. Kavita Ashok Nawale 38. Dipak Ramakant More 39. Nalini Baburao Suryawanshi. 40. Jyoti Uttamrao Khillare 41. Punam Narayan Marathe 42. Gajanan Ashruba Nagare 43. Rajesh Ratnakar Deshpande … Petitioners Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Finance Department, Mantralaya Mumbai-32, Through Its Secretary. 2. The secretary, Rural Development Department, Mantralaya Mumbai-32, 3. The District Collector, Nandurbar 4. The Chief Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nandurbar 5. The Dy. Chief Executive Officer, General Administration Department Zilla Parishad Nandurbar. 6. The Chief Accountant and Finance Officer, Zilla Parishad, Nandurbar. … Respondents ... Mr. Balaji S. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner Ms. S. S. Joshi, AGP for Respondents/State Mr. Rakesh Jain, Advocate for Respondent Nos.4 to 6 ... SVH 3 906-WP-12840-26.odt CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2026 PER COURT : 1. Indisputably, the issue raised in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by several orders passed by this Court at Principal Seat as well as Nagpur Bench and at Circuit Bench at Kolhapur, in Writ Petitions Nos. 1240 of 2026, 481 of 2026 and 3074 of 2026. 2. For the reasons stated in the said orders, the Writ Petition is disposed of by directing the Zilla Parishad Nandurbar to examine the cases of each of the Petitioners in the light of the law laid down by this Court, after verifying whether the recruitment process was commenced before 1st November, 2005. In case the Zilla Parishad come to the conclusion that the Petitioners are entitled to the old Pension Scheme, they shall proceed to communicate the same to the Petitioners. In case any individual Petitioner is not entitled to the benefit of the old Pension scheme, the Zilla Parishad, Nandurbar shall pass a speaking order and communicate the same to such individual Petitioner. This exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from today. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) SVH