High Court of Gujarat
RAJNIKANT JATASHANKAR PANDYAversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Decided
- Disposal
- 35-ANY OTHER MODE @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- NIRZAR S DESAI
Holding
The court held that Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation must disburse the pension to Nagar Prathmik Sikshan Samiti, which must then pay the petitioner, and accordingly disposed of the petition.
Summary
Petitioner Rajnikant Jatashankar Pandya sought direction for the payment of his pension and arrears. A communication from the Legal Officer of Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation indicated that the corporation would pay the pension from its own funds to Nagar Prathmik Sikshan Samiti, which would then pay the petitioner. The court examined these submissions and ordered the corporation to disburse the pension to the Samiti by 30 March 2026, and the Samiti to pay the petitioner by 30 April 2026. The court found that the petitioner’s grievance was thereby redressed and no further order was necessary. Consequently, the petition was disposed of without costs, though the petitioner was allowed to file a fresh petition if needed.
Issues considered
- Whether Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation should be directed to pay the petitioner’s pension and arrears through Nagar Prathmik Sikshan Samiti
- Whether the petitioner’s grievance is redressed by such a direction
Subjects
- pension
- municipal corporation
- civil application
- disbursement
- disposal of petition
- Gujarat
Judgment
C/SCA/25437/2022 ORDER DATED: 24/02/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO.25437 of 2022
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RAJNIKANT JATASHANKAR PANDYA
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS.
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Appearance :
MR DHARMESH V SHAH for the Petitioner.
MS DRASHTI D SHAH for the Petitioner.
DEEPAK N KHANCHANDANI for the Respondent No.3.
MR RAJ TANNA, AGP for the Respondent No.1.
MR HS MUNSHAW for the Respondent No.2.
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI
Date : 24/02/2026
ORAL ORDER
Learned advocate Mr. H. S. Munshaw has placed on
record photocopy of the communication dated 29.1.2026 addressed
to him by the Legal O<icer, Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
indicating that the pension of the petitioner shall be paid by
Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation from its own fund. Learned
advocate Mr. Munshaw, upon instructions, states that Bhavnagar
Municipal Corporation shall disburse the amount in favour of
Nagar Prathmik Sikshan Samiti and Nagar Prathmik Sikshan
Samiti will have to pay the amount to the present petitioner.
2. Considering the above submissions, the respondent,
namely, Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation is directed to disburse
the amount towards pension and arrears of pension of the
petitioner in favour of Nagar Prathmik Sikshan Samiti by 30.3.2026
and Nagar Prathmik Sikshan Samiti is further directed to disburse
the said amount in favour of the present petitioner latest by
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C/SCA/25437/2022 ORDER DATED: 24/02/2026
30.4.2026.
3. In view of the above order, as the grievance of the
petitioner stands redressed even according to learned advocate Mr.
Dharmesh V. Shah, no further order is required to be passed in the
present petition. Hence, the petition stands disposed of. Notice is
discharged. No order as to costs. Liberty to @le fresh petition in
case of di<iculty is granted.
(NIRZAR S. DESAI,J)
SAVARIYA
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: RAJNISH NARENDRA SAVARIYA(HC00179), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 24/02/2026 17:25:36
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