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A. S. CHANDURKAR, JITENDRA JAIN
Dilip Rangnath Nalwad – Appellant
Versus
State of Maharashtra – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Jitendra Jain, J.
1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties.
2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioner seeks to challenge the order dated 11th March 2022 passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai (for short “the Tribunal”), whereby the Original Application No.761 of 2020 filed by the Petitioner is dismissed on the point of limitation.
3. Brief facts leading to the present petition are as under:-
(ii) On 16th January 2015, the Petitioner was promoted to the post of Junior Engineer by the Respondents. However, the Petitioner was not satisfied with the said promotion and vide various representations, starting from 7th August 2015 upto 2nd November 2018, sought promotion w.e.f. 1st February 1992. However, since there was no response to the said representations, the Petitioner on 18th December 2018 filed an Original Application (OA) with the Tribunal which was numbered as OA No.27 of 2019.
(iii) On 28th November 2019, the Petitioner was permit
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