Bombay High Court

RAMRAO DEVIDAS MUNDHEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI VAISHALI PATIL JADHAV

Holding

A temporary appointment as Gram Rojgar Sevak does not confer a right to be absorbed in permanent service.

Summary

Petitioners Ramrao Devidas Mundhe and Janardhan Digambar Kalure, who had been employed on a temporary Gram Rojgar Sevak scheme, filed writ petitions seeking a court direction that the State of Maharashtra absorb them as permanent employees. The High Court examined whether a temporary appointment creates a legal right to permanent absorption. Relying on its earlier decision in Writ Petition No.4582 of 2018, the Court held that no such right exists because the petitioners were not appointed on a permanent post following due process of law. Consequently, the petitions were found to be devoid of merit and were dismissed. The judgment reaffirmed that temporary scheme participation alone does not entitle one to permanent service.

Issues considered

Does a temporary appointment as Gram Rojgar Sevak confer a right to be absorbed in permanent service?
Can the court direct the State to absorb petitioners without the due process required for permanent appointments?

Subjects

temporary employment
permanent absorption
Gram Rojgar Sevak
writ petition
public service
due process
employment law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:12181-DB

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD.

911 WRIT PETITION NO. 5393 OF 2019

Ramrao Devidas Mundhe .. Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra and Others .. Respondents
…..
AND

912 WRIT PETITION NO. 5394 OF 2019

Janardhan Digambar Kalure ..Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra and Others ..Respondents
…..

Shri. P. S. Koshti, Advocate for the Petitioners in both the matters
Smt. Vaishali P. Dama, AGP for the State in WP No.5393/2019
Shri. M. A. Aher, AGP for the State in WP No.5394/2019
…..

CORAM : N. B. SURYAWANSHI AND
VAISHALI PATIL – JADHAV, JJ.
Dated : MARCH 18, 2026

PER COURT :-

. Indisputably, the issue raised in the present Petitions is covered by

the decision of this Court (Coram: Kishore C. Sant & Sushil M.

Ghodeswar, JJ.) in Writ Petition No.4582 of 2018 and connected matters

decided on 4th February, 2026, wherein it is held that:

“3. The petitioners have filed petition seeking
direction to the respondents to absorb the petitioners
in service as Gram Rojgar Sevak. This Court find that
no such direction can be issued with regard to the
post of Gram Rojgar Sevak as they were not appointed
on permanent post by following due process of law.
In the present case, merely because the petitioners
have worked as Gram Rojgar Sevak on the temporary
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scheme, that does not give any right to get absorbed.

4. Considering the above, this Court finds that
petitions are devoid of merit and, therefore, stand
dismissed as such.”

2. For the aforesaid reasons, the Petitions are dismissed.

(VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J.) (N. B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)

GGP

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