JUDGMENT :

Rohit B. Deo, J.

Rule.

With consent of parties, the petition is finally heard.

The question which falls for consideration is whether the petitioners are entitled to the benefit of the recommendations of the 6th and the 7th Pay Commissions?

A. Pleadings in the petition:

A.1 Petitioners are working as Assistant Professors with the fifth respondent, which is one of the many educational institutions administered by the fourth respondent which is a society registered under the provisions of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and the Maharashtra Public Trust Act, 2016.

A.2 The fifth respondent – college is recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (“AICTE”) and is affiliated to Rashtra Sant Tukdoji Maharaj, Nagpur University, (“University”).

A.3 The service conditions of the petitioners are inter alia governed by the provisions of the Maharashtra Public Universities Act, 2016 (“Universities Act of 2016”) and the statutes and ordinances framed thereunder, the All India Council for Technical Education Act, 1987 (“AICTE Act”) and the regulations framed thereunder and the regulations framed under the University Grants Commission Act, 1956 (“UGC Act”).

A.4 The first peti