Bombay High Court
Vilas Agaji Pawar And Others vs Union Of India And Others on 18 February, 2020
Author: Shrikant D. Kulkarni
Bench: S. V. Gangapurwala, Shrikant D. Kulkarni
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
WRIT PETITION NO. 14281 OF 2019
Vilas Agaji Pawar and others .. Petitioners
Versus
Union of India and others .. Respondents
Mr. Vikrant P. Raje and N. F. Pawar and P. H. Kapadia, Advocates for the
Petitioners.
Mr. S. B. Deshpande, A.S.G. for Respondent No. 1.
Mr. Sunil V. Warad, Advocate for Respondent No. 4.
CORAM : S. V. GANGAPURWALA &
SHRIKANT D. KULKARNI, JJ.
DATED : 18th FEBRUARY, 2020. PER COURT:- . The learned counsel for the petitioners relies on the judgment of
the Division Bench of this Court at Nagpur in Writ Petition No. 8275 of 2018 decided on 08.07.2019. The Division Bench of this Court at Nagpur has pass the following order.
i. The writ petition is partly allowed.
ii. We direct to the respondent bank to fulfill its obligation under the Memorandum of Settlement dated 9 th August, 2012 imposing a duty to initiate the recruitment process only as one time measure for selecting, from amongst casual and temporary workers, "Safai Karmachari cum Sub Staff" on full time basis within a period of six months from the date of the receipt of order.
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iv. Rule is made absolute in these terms. No order as to costs.
2. The respondents rely on the order passed by the Division Bench at Principal Seat at Bombay in Writ Petition No. 7559 of 2014 dated 20.03.2015 to contend that the action of the respondent bank in disbanding the recruitment process need not be interfered with. According to the respondents, the said judgment is confirmed by the Apex Court in the Special Leave Petition.
3. Mr. Warad, learned counsel for respondent No. 4 submits that the respondent No. 4 has filed application for review of the order dated 08.07.2019 before the Nagpur Bench.
4. The respondents shall give the status of the review application and the steps taken for the disposal of the review application by the next date.
5. Stand over to 17.03.2020.
( SHRIKANT D. KULKARNI ) ( S. V. GANGAPURWALA )
JUDGE JUDGE
P.S.B.
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