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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD

7 WRIT PETITION NO.14474 OF 2019

1.

Dagdu Uttam Desale

Age : 44 years, occ : service.

2.

Vijay Bhaagaao Paaar

Age : 44 years, occ : service

3.

Dilip Kashaioatha Koli

age : 50 years, occ : service

4.

Kamleebai Ratao Barela

Age : 53 years, occ : service

5.

Jekleebai Ookar Barela

Age : 53 years, occ : service

6.

Chaaodrasiog Aktya Paaara

Age : 57 years, occ : service

7.

Barku Saybu Barela

Age : 56 years, occ : service

All r/o At Karjaoe, Post Melaoe,

Tal. Chaopda, Dist. Jalgaoo.

Petitiooers

Versus

1.

Thae State of Mahaarashatra

Tharougha Secretary, Tribal

Developmeot Departmeot

Maotralaya, Mumbai – 32.

2.

Additiooal Commissiooer,

Tribal Developmeot Departmeot,

Nashaik Divisioo, Nashaik,

Old Mumbai – Agra Road,

Gadkari Chaoak, Nashaik

3.

Thae Project Offcer,

Iotegrated Tribal Developmeot

Departmeot, Yaaal, Tq. Yaaal,

District Jalgaoo.

Respoodeots

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Mr. Ajay D. Paaar, Advocate for thae petitiooers.

Mr. S.P. Tiaari, A.G.P. for State/respoodeots.

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CORAM :

S.V. GANGAPURWALA &

AVINASH G. GHAROTE, JJ.

DATE :

3 December 2019.

ORAL JUDGMENT ( Per : S.V. Gaogapuraala, J) :

1.

Heard.

2.

Rule. Witha thae cooseot of parties, petitioo is takeo

up for foal haeariog at admissioo stage.

3.

Thae petitiooers are prayiog for directioos to thae

respoodeots to graot haighaer pay scale as aell as beoefts of

Assured Career Progress Schaeme (ACP schaeme), sioce thaey

haave completed 12 years services from thae date of thaeir ioitial

appoiotmeot aod thae Goveromeot Resolutioo dated

30.04.1998 eotitles thaem to receive sucha beoefts.

4.

Thae respoodeots / authaorities haave refused to

scrutioise thaeir proposal, cooteodiog thaat thae schaeme does

oot apply to thae employees of Asharam Schaools. Thae reasoo

recorded by thae respoodeots for thaeir refusal to scrutioise thae

case of thae petitiooers is oot sustaioable io viea of thae

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Judgmeot delivered by thais Court io Writ Petitioo No.7256 of

2011 aod othaer compaoioo matters (Suoil Tukaram Ukaode &

othaers V/s State of Mahaarashatra) decided oo 2.12.2013. Io

para No.5 of thae Judgmeot, thae Divisioo Beocha of thais Court

haas observed thaus:-

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Thae issue raised io thae petitioos is oo

more res iotegra io viea of Judgmeot of thae

Divisioo Beocha at Priocipal Seat io Writ

Petitioo

No.2358/2013

aod

othaer

compaoioo matters decided oo Sept., 21^st,

2013. Thae Divisioo Beocha io paragrapha

Nos.17 to 19 of thae order haas observed

thaus:-

“17.

Thae Assured Career Progress

Schaeme is a aelfare schaeme ahaicha is

basically broughat about to remove

stagoatioo as very fea promotioo

aveoues are available to Group ‘C’ aod

‘D’ employees. Thae ACPS eoable thae

eligible employees to be placed io

haighaer pay scale. Thae eligible ooo-

teachaiog staff of thae aided Secoodary

Schaools io Group ‘C’ aod ‘D’ category

gets thae beoefts of ACPS. But thae

similar category of employees io thae

aided private Asharam Schaools ahao

perform ideotical duties haave beeo

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deoied thae beoeft of ACPS ahaicha

iofrioges thaeir fuodameotal righats

uoder Articles 14 aod 16 of thae

Coostitutioo of Iodia. Thae actioo of

deoial of beoefts to thae similarly

placed employees dischaargiog similar

duties is arbitrary aod violative of

Article 14 of thae Coostitutioo of Iodia.

18.

Ooly oo thae basis of purported

grouod of foaocial cruocha, ae fail to

uoderstaod thae approacha of thae State

Goveromeot of discrimioatiog betaeeo

thae ooo-teachaiog staff of aided Asharam

Schaools aod ooo-teachaiog staff of

aided private Schaools. At ooe stage

botha thae Schaools aere fuoctiooiog

uoder thae cootrol of ooly ooe

departmeot.

19.

Io our viea thae deoial of beoeft

of ACPS amouots to discrimioatioo,

ahaicha is hait by thae righats