923.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 923 WRIT PETITION NO. 4916 OF 2026 Trimbak Mahadev Markad And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through The Secretary And Others ... Mr. Sahebrao A. Nagarsoge, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. S. K. Tekale, AGP for Respondents/State ... CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. Dated : July 02, 2026 PER COURT :- 1. Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. 2. Indisputably, the issue raised in this petition is squarely covered by the decision of a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Nagpur in Ganesh Mahadeo Asekar and Ors. Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. (Writ Petition No.5563 of 2022), wherein this Court has declared Clause-3 of Government Resolution dated 13.10.2016 as discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, insofar as the petitioners therein there concerned. For the reasons recorded in the said order, Writ Petition is allowed in terms of prayer clause “B”, which is as follows : Narwade 2026:BHC-AUG:25733-DB 923.odt 3. B. By issuing appropriate writ, orders or directions in the like nature, the order dated 10.06.2022 [Exhibit K] passed by the respondent no.5 may please be quashed and set aside in the interest of justice.” (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) Narwade