Digitally signed by IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ANANT ANANT KRISHNA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION KRISHNA NAIK NAIK Date:

2025.11.27

10:40:38 WRIT PETITION NO. 3993 OF 2025 +0530 Vilas Baburao Dhaiygude Age - 52 yrs, Occ- Agriculture Officer Quality Control, R/at- Balupatlachi Wadi, Post- Lonand, Tal- Khandala, Dist- Satara ….Petitioner Versus

1. State of Maharashtra, Through Principle Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Fisheries Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032.

2. The Commissioner (Agriculture), Agriculture Commissionarate, Maharashtra State Pune

3. The Divisional Agriculture, Joint Director, Pune

4. District Superintendent Agriculture officer, Pune, Dist-Pune

5. Dhananjay Dinkar Patil Age-53 Years, Occ-Service, Residing at Sun Orbit-B-405, Suncity Road, Sinhagad Road, Pune. …Respondents Mr Sushant Prabhune, for the Petitioners.

Mr Vivek V. Salunke, for the Respondent No. 5 Mr N. C. Walimbe, Addl. GP a/w. Mr. A. A. Alaspurkar, AGP for the Respondent-State CORAM: SUMAN SHYAM &

M. M. SATHAYE, JJ.

RESERVED ON : 18^th NOVEMBER, 2025.

PRONOUNCED ON : 26^th NOVEMBER, 2025.

JUDGMENT (Per M.M. SATHAYE, J.)

1. The Petitioner is challenging the order dated 14.02.2025 passe