TRUPT2I026:BHC-AS:296-DB SADANAND BAMNE T B R A U M P N T E I SADANAND 4, 5 and 16 common order.odt Date: 2026.01.06 18:56:24 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION (SR. NO. 4) WRIT PETITION NO. 1833 OF 2022 Mr.Laxman Shivaji Godse & Ors. … Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 683 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 1833 OF 2022 All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) … Applicant versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents WITH REVIEW PETITION NO. 117 OF 2024 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 1833 OF 2022 All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) & Ors. …Review Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents AND (SR. NO. 5) WRIT PETITION NO. 12027 OF 2022 Dr.Kirtimalini Bhalchandra Chaudhari & Ors. … Petitioners versus State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents WITH REVIEW PETITION NO. 118 OF 2024 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 12027 OF 2022 All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) and Others …Review Petitioners versus Dr.Kirtimalini Bhalchandra Chaudhari & Ors. … Respondents AND (SR. NO. 16) WRIT PETITION NO. 14404 OF 2025 Dr. Hemangi Deepak Shinde … Petitioner versus The Honorary Secretary, All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) & Ors. … Respondents ...

Mr.Vaibhav Kulkarni for the Petitioners in all Petitions.

Mr.P.P.Kakade, Addl.GP with Mr.A.N.Naik, AGP for the Respondent -

State in Serial No. 4.

Mrs.D.S.Deshmukh, AGP for the Respondent -State in Serial No. 5.

Mr.P.P. Kakade, Addl.GP with Mrs.Nisha Mehra, AGP for the Respondent -State in Serial No. 16.

Ms.Anu C. Kaladharan h/f. Ms.Anjali N. Helekar for the Respondent – AICTE in all Petitions.

Mr.Shrikrishna Ganbavale with Mr.Shantanu Patil for Respondent Nos. 5 and 6- Management in all Petitions and for the Review Petitioners in Serial Nos. 4 and 5.

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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE &

ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.

DATE : JANUARY 05, 2026 P.C:

1. In all these matters, the Petitioners are identically placed. These matters pertain to a claim for salaries as per the 7^th Pay Commission recommendations.

2. The record before us indicates that these Petitioners and the Respondent Management have been in litigation for quite some time. The history of the litigation shows that, with regard to the 6^th Pay Commission salaries, the matter reached up to the Hon’ble Supreme Court, which delivered its judgment on 01.04.2025 in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No(s). 7058–7061 of 2019 (The Secretary, All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) and Others Versus The State of Maharashtra and Others) and Special Leave Petition (Civil) No (s). 4787 of 2025 (The Secretary, All India Shri Shivaji Memorial Society (AISSMS) versus Laxman Shivaji Godse & Ors.).

3. By the said judgment, the Hon’ble Supreme Court concluded that the Petitioners are entitled to the benefits arising from the 6^th Pay Commission recommendations. It was further held that if the arrears are paid within 30 days, interest at the rate of 7.5% per annum would be payable, and if the arrears are paid after four weeks, interest would be calculated at the rate of 15% per annum.

4. There is no dispute that the Review Petition filed by the Management has been rejected by the Hon’ble Supreme Court on 23.07.2025. The Review Petition filed by two Petitioners, who did not possess Ph.D. and were aggrieved by the observations of the Hon’ble Supreme Court that, they would be entitled to certain monetary benefits under the 6^th Pay Commission recommendations only from the date of acquiring their Ph.D., is pending.

5. Considering the above background and the fact that similar issues have arisen between the same Petitioners and the same Management, we called upon the learned Advocates to state whether they would agree to the Joint Director of Technical Education, Pune, being directed to look into the aspect of pay fixation and the entitlements of the Petitioners under the 7^th Pay Commission recommendations, keeping in view their entitlement to the 6^th Pay Comm