{1} 904-wp-10873-2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 904 WRIT PETITION NO. 10873 OF 2026 Jitendra Pundalik Chaudhari And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Ms. Megha Mali, Advocate for the Petitioners in all petitions Mr. N.S. Tekale, AGP for State 905 WRIT PETITION NO. 10874 OF 2026 Suresh Ananda Tawale And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. S.R. Wakle, AGP for State 906 WRIT PETITION NO. 10875 OF 2026 Bhagwan Babhuta Chaudhari And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others ... Ms. Neha Kamble, AGP for State 907 WRIT PETITION NO. 10876 OF 2026 Pramod Sanjay Pawar And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. B.B. Bhise, AGP for State 908 WRIT PETITION NO. 10877 OF 2026 Kisan Madhukar Vasave And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. N.D. Batule, AGP for State 2026:BHC-AUG:39099-DB {2} 904-wp-10873-2026 909 WRIT PETITION NO. 10878 OF 2026 Chandrakant Fakira Prajapati And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. S.K. Tambe, AGP for State 910 WRIT PETITION NO. 10879 OF 2026 Jagdish Narottam Patel VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. M.K. Goyanka, AGP for State 911 WRIT PETITION NO. 10880 OF 2026 Kishor Jadhav Patel And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. V.M. Kagne, AGP for State 912 WRIT PETITION NO. 10881 OF 2026 Sudesh Amarsing Raghuwanshi And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. N.S. Tekale, AGP for State 913 WRIT PETITION NO. 10882 OF 2026 Manish Ravindra Kalal And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. S.R. Wakle, AGP for State 914 WRIT PETITION NO. 10883 OF 2026 Gopal Gangadhar Sonar And Others {3} 904-wp-10873-2026 VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Ms. Neha Kamble, AGP for State WRIT PETITION NO. 11060 OF 2026 Manoj Kalu Chaudhari And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. N.S. Tekale, AGP for State WRIT PETITION NO. 11082 OF 2026 Santosh Kadu Tayade And Others VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Mr. N.S. Tekale, AGP for State ....... CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 28th AUGUST, 2026 PER COURT : 1. Writ Petition Nos. 11060 of 2026 and 11082 of 2026 are not on board. Upon mentioning same are taken on board. 2. Admittedly, the issue raised in these Petitions is squarely covered by the decisions rendered by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in Writ Petition No. 248 of 2026 and connected matters, dated 20th April, 2026 and dated 4th December, 2024 in Writ Petition No. 13241 of 2024. {4} 904-wp-10873-2026 3. For the reasons stated in the said orders, the Writ Petitions stand allowed in the following terms: I. Respondents- Director, Directorate of Higher Education and Joint Director, Higher Education shall scrutinize the records of these Petitioners and the places at which they are deployed for performing their duties, within a period of 30 days from today, considering the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024. II. The cases which have no legal impediment after verification, shall be cleared by the concerned Respondents and the salary benefits to which the Petitioners are entitled to, in the light of the one step pay scale made available to the employees working in the Tribal and PESA areas, shall be paid to them along with arrears as well as their current salary, within a period of 30 days, thereafter. III. After scrutiny, if the Petitioners, on the basis of their record, are found to be ineligible, the concerned Respondent would issue notice to the Petitioners, so as to enable them to appear before the said authority and address it. IV. After such hearing, which shall be completed within 120 days, the concerned Respondent shall pass an appropriate order and grant benefits of one step pay scale to those candidates, who are found to be eligible. {5} 904-wp-10873-2026 V. The Petitioners, who may suffer an adverse order after the above stated exercise is completed, shall be at liberty to avail of a statutory remedy, as is permissible in law and in the light of the Government Resolution dated 29.02.2024 issued by the General Administration Department. (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) Bhagyawant Punde