1 52.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 52 WRIT PETITION NO. 10685 OF 2026 SHIVAJI RANGRAO SONAWANE AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND OTHERS ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Suryawanshi Prashant D. AGP for Respondent/State : Mr. N.S. Tekale Advocate for Respondent Nos.4 to 6 : Mr. Munde Sachin B. … CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 27.08.2026 PER COURT : . Learned advocate for the petitioners undertakes to remove office objections within a period of two weeks from today. 2. Admittedly, this petition is covered by the decision of the Coordinate Bench of this Court [Coram : S. V. Gangapurwala & Mangesh S. Patil, JJ.] in Writ Petition No. 8493 of 2019 [Mahadeo S/o Shankar Lokhande and Others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Others], and this Court has consistently followed the same view. 3. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition is allowed in terms of prayer clause "B", which is as follows : “B. By issuing writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ of the directions in the like nature, the respondents may please be directed to give the benefits of to give the benefits of the additional increments for the excellent / 2026:BHC-AUG:39011-DB 2 52.doc outstanding work of the petitioners as per policy of the state government.” 4. The benefits should be accorded to the petitioners within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order. ( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. ) ( NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. ) vsj..