Oral Judgment:
Y.G. Khobragade, J.
(1) Heard.
(2) Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. The matter is heard finally with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties.
(3) Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and learned AGP for respondent Nos.1 to 3/State.
(4) By the present petition, the petitioners prayed for issuance of a direction against the respondents to grant revised pay-scale of Rs.4000-6000 to the post of the petitioners as ‘Laboratory Assistant’ and they should be extended benefit of revised pay-scale as per the Government Resolution dated 27.02.2026.
(5) Undisputedly, the petitioner Nos.1 to 14 were appointed on different dates with different colleges to the post of Lab. Assistant as under :
| MOHSINBHAI ZAWERI MAHAVIDYALAYA, DESAIGANJ (WADSA) | ||||
| Petitioner No. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 1 | Shri Nitin Anandrao Pathode | Lab. Assistant | 01/08/2012 | Working |
| GRAMGEETA MAHAVIDYALAYA, CHIMUR | ||||
| Petitioner No. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 2 | Shri Yogesh Prakash Sontakke | Lab. Assistant | 02/08/2019 | Working |
| NETAJI SUBHASHCHANDRA SCIENCE COLLEGE, MULCHERA | ||||
| Petitioner No. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 3 | Shri Rajesh Ashok Mudawar | Lab. Assistant | 01/07/2009 | Working |
| VIDYA VIKAS ART'S, COMMERCE & SCIENCE COLLEGE, SAMUDRAPUR | ||||
| Petitioner Nos. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 4 | Shri Mukesh Tarachand Hulkey | Lab. Assistant | 15/06/2019 | Working |
| 5 | Shri Harshal Rajabhau Umare | Lab. Assistant | 15/06/2019 | Working |
| 6 | Shri Nilesh Shankarrao Ghadge | Lab. Assistant | 17/06/2019 | Working |
| JAGAT ARTS, COMMERCE & INDIRABEN HARIHARBHAI PATEL SCIENCE COLLEGE, GOREGAON | ||||
| Petitioner No. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 7 | Shri Moreshwar Punaji Sonawane | Lab. Assistant | 30/09/1992 | Working |
| BHAVABHUTI ARTS AND COMMERCE COLLEGE, AMGAON | ||||
| Petitioner No. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 8 | Shri Kishorkumar Sukhram Maharwade | Lab. Assistant | 01/07/2010 | Working |
| SHANKARLAL AGRAWAL SCIENCE COLLEGE SALEKASA | ||||
| Petitioner No. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 9 | Shri Bhaskar Ramchandra Landge | Lab. Assistant | 09/07/2008 | Working |
| 10 | Shri Vinayak Ramchandra Meshram | Lab. Assistant | 27/12/2019 | Working |
| ST. FRANCIS D'SALES COLLEGE SEMINARY HILL'S, NAGPUR | ||||
| Petitioner Nos. | Name | Post | Date of Appointment | Working / Retired |
| 11 | Shri Rajesh Venkatrao Rangari | Lab. Assistant | 17/04/2005 | Retired |
| 12 | Shri Rajendra Ramji Bhandari | Lab. Assistant | 29/08/2006 | Working |
| 13 | Ms. Vaishali Francis Elias | Lab. Assistant | 26/04/2010 | Working |
| 14 | Mr. Vinsen Philip More | Lab. Assistant | 26/04/2010 | Working |
(7) In view of above discussion, we are inclined to allow the present writ petition and proceed to pass the following order :
ORDER
(8) Writ Petition No.3701/2023 is hereby allowed in terms of prayer clause Nos.(i) & (ii), which read as under :
(i) Direct the respondents to grant revised pay-scales of Rs.4000-6000 to the post of Laboratory Assistants and accordingly, petitioners should be given benefit of the Revised pay-scale as per Government Resolution dated 27.02.2006 (Annexure-I) which will be formulated in respect of the present 7th pay scale within time bound period in the interest of justice.
(ii) Hold and declare that petitioners are entitled to the pay scale of Rs.4000-6000 as prescribed in the Government Resolution dated 27.02.2006 (Annexure-I) as applicable to the Laboratory Assistant and accordingly the petitioner be paid relevant revised monetary benefits as per present 7th pay scale and arrears thereupon within a time bound period in the interest of justice.”
(9) The respondents are hereby directed to release all the monetary benefits under the Government Resolution dated 27.02.2006 within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of this order.
(10) No order as to costs.