Bombay High Court

CHHOTU DINKAR SALUNKE AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: VIBHA KANKANWADI HITEN S VENEGAVKAR

Holding

The petition is disposed of as its purpose is served by the respondent’s undertaking to pay the arrears.

Summary

The petitioners, Chhotu Dinkar Salunke and others, filed a writ petition seeking payment of their salaries and arrears from the State of Maharashtra. The learned Additional Government Pleader, on behalf of the Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Dhule, informed the Court that the salaries for six months had already been disbursed and that the arrears would be paid on or before 31 March 2026. The Court accepted this statement as a binding undertaking. Relying on the undertaking, the Court held that the purpose of the petition was fulfilled. Consequently, the petition was disposed of without further orders.

Issues considered

Whether the petition for payment of pending salaries and arrears should be dismissed in view of the respondent’s undertaking to pay the arrears by a specified date?

Subjects

salary arrears
writ petition
administrative law
court undertaking
disposal

Judgment

                                                            1                        933WP1053.2026.odt

                                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                             933 WRIT PETITION NO. 1053 OF 2026

                                                Chhotu Dinkar Salunke And Others
                                                             VERSUS
                                               The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                                                 ...
                             Mr. Majit S. Shaikh - Advocate for the Petitioner
                             Miss Neha B. Kamble - AGP for State
                                                                 ...

                                                       CORAM :     SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI
                                                                           AND
                                                                   HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
                                                       DATED :     27TH FEBRUARY, 2026

                             PER COURT : -

                             1.          The learned AGP, upon instructions from Respondent No. 4
                             – Education Officer (Secondary), Zilla Parishad, Dhule, submits that the
                             salaries of the Petitioners for six (6) months have been disbursed. So far
                             as the arrears are concerned, he has forwarded the said representation
                             to the Joint Director of Education, and the same will be disbursed on or
                             before 31st March 2026.

                             1.1.        The statement made by the learned AGP is accepted as an
                             undertaking to the Court, and we expect that the authority concerned
                             shall abide by the said statement.

                             2.          In view of the above statement, the purpose of the Petition
                             stands served. The Petition stands disposed of.




                              [HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR]                [SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI]
                                     JUDGE                                  JUDGE


                             SG Punde
Signed by: Sandeep Gulabrao Punde
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 05/03/2026 18:52:25

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