*1* IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 20 WRIT PETITION NO.12976 OF 2026 Lalita Sanjay Wankhede And Others VERSUS The State of Maharashtra And Others ….. Shri. Jitendra Vijay Patil, Advocate for the Petitioners Shri. S. K. Tambe, AGP for Respondent – State. ….. AND 46 WRIT PETITION NO.13081 OF 2026 Usha Bhalchandra Fegde And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ….. Shri. Jitendra Vijay Patil, Advocate for the Petitioners Shri. S. K. Tambe, AGP for Respondent – State. ….. AND 52 WRIT PETITION NO.13090 OF 2026 Satish Vamanrao Salunkhe And Another VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ….. Shri. Jitendra Vijay Patil, Advocate for the Petitioners Smt. S. S. Joshi, AGP for Respondent – State. ….. CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI & ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 01st OCTOBER, 2026 P. C. :- . These petitions are filed by legal heirs of deceased employees. Indisputably, the issue raised in these Petitions is squarely covered by the orders dated 3rd July, 2026 passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Circuit Bench at Kolhapur in Writ Petition No.5445 of 2026 and dated 19th June, 2026 2026:BHC-AUG:48175-DB *2* passed in Writ Petition No. 3412 of 2026. 2. Reliance is also placed on the order dated 18th March, 2026, passed by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Principal Seat in Writ Petition No.15662 of 2025. 3. For the reasons stated in the above mentioned orders, the Writ Petitions are partly allowed with following directions: a) The Petitioners would be entitled for monetary benefits / difference of pensionary benefits of the deceased employees as per the actuals w.e.f. their respective dates of superannuation/death, provided the deceased employees have worked for 6 months or more in the last year up to their superannuation/death. b) The pensionary benefits of the deceased employees would be recalculated by including the annual increment in their last drawn salary prior to their superannuation/death and such recalculated pensionary benefits shall be payable to the petitioners. c) Arrears if any, of the deceased employees shall be paid to the petitioners within a period of 90 days. Many of the Petitioners have approached belatedly before this Court and, therefore, akin to the orders passed in several matters, they would not be entitled for the interest component. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) GGP