Bombay High Court

SOU. REVATI RAVINDRA SABNISversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, SCHOOL EDU. AND SPORTS DEPT. AND ORS.

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The petition is infructuous and cannot be entertained, leading to its dismissal.

Summary

The petitioner, Revati Ravindra Sabnis, filed a writ petition seeking a direction for the respondents, the State of Maharashtra, to grant her a revised pay scale retroactive to 1 June 1997. The respondents produced a Government Resolution dated 14 June 2016, which the petitioner’s counsel argued rendered the petition infructuous. The Court examined the effect of the resolution and concluded that it indeed made the relief sought unavailable. Consequently, the Court held that the petition could no longer be entertained. The writ petition was therefore disposed of as infructuous.

Issues considered

What is the effect of the Government Resolution dated 14 June 2016 on the pending writ petition seeking a revised pay scale?
Whether the Court can grant the relief sought when a subsequent government resolution addresses the same matter?

Subjects

pay scale
government resolution
writ petition
infructuous
service matters

Judgment

                                                               901-WP-433-2016.doc




               IN THE JUDICATURE OF HIGH COURT AT BOMBAY
                        CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
                       CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                        WRIT PETITION NO.433 OF 2016

Revati Ravindra Sabnis                 ]  Petitioner
       versus
The State of Maharashtra through Its   ]
Secretary, School Education and Sports ]
Department and others                  ]  Respondents
                                 …..
Ms. Durva Jadhav i/b Mr. Prashant Bhavake, Advocate for the
Petitioner.

Mr. N.C. Walimbe, Addl. G.P a/w Mr. Santosh A. Jadhav, “B” Panel
Counsel, for Respondents – State.
                                  …..

                                    CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL AND
                                            ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.
                                    DATE : 25 AUGUST 2026.
P. C. :

1.         Ms. Jadhav, learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner, submits

that the Government Resolution produced by the learned Additional

Government Pleader, dated 14 June 2016, renders the present Writ

Petition infructuous.



2.         In view of Government Resolution No.U;k;iz & 2815@iz-dz-359@15

fV,uVh &3 dated 14 June 2016, the present Writ Petition, which seeks a



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                                                                  901-WP-433-2016.doc




direction to the Respondents to grant the revised pay scale to the

Petitioner with effect from 1 June 1997, has become infructuous.



3.         The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of as infructuous.




 [ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.]                                  [RAJESH S. PATIL, J.]




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HALKUDE    Date:
           2026.08.28
           10:26:09
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