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Bombay High Court<\/div>\n
Sunil Vithalrao Kumbhre vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 January, 2010<\/div>\n
Bench: S.A. Bobde, V. A. Naik<\/div>\n
                                   1\n\n       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY,\n                 NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.\n\n\n\n\n                                                                       \n                  Writ Petition No. 180 of 2010\n\n\n\n\n                                               \n    1) Sunil Vithalrao Kumbhre,\n       Major, Occupation - Service,\n       R\/o 8th Mail, Ramji Ambedkar Nagar,\n       Dawalameti, Amravati Road,\n\n\n\n\n                                              \n       Amravati.\n\n    2) Sudhakar Tulshiram Kodape,\n       Major, Occupation - Service,\n       R\/o Patur, Nandapur,\n\n\n\n\n                                      \n       Taluq and District Akola.\n                       \n    3) Damodar Kunjaram Kokate,\n       Major, Occupation - Service,\n       R\/o Bhawna Apartment,\n                      \n       Flat No.207, Kamgar Nagar,\n       Police Line Takli, Nagpur.\n\n    4) Vijay Vithalrao Parteki,\n       Major, Occupation - Service,\n      \n\n       R\/o Tirumala Apartment,\n       Flat No.201, Godhani Railway\n   \n\n\n\n       Road, Nagpur.\n\n    5) Mahesh Devchand Masram,\n       Major, Occupation - Service,\n\n\n\n\n\n       R\/o Sadak Arjuni, Tq.Goregaon,\n       District Gondia.                      .. PETITIONERS\n\n               .. Versus ..\n\n    1) The State of Maharashtra,\n\n\n\n\n\n       through its Secretary,\n       Home Department, Mantralaya,\n       Mumbai.\n\n    2) The Director General of Police,\n       Maharashtra State, Mumbai.\n\n\n\n\n                                               ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::\n                                    2\n\n    3) The Additional Director General\n       of Police, Wireless Division,\n\n\n\n\n                                                                          \n       Maharashtra State, Pune.\n\n    4) Shri Dattatraya Atmaram Baviskar,\n\n\n\n\n                                                  \n       Police Inspector, (Wireless),\n       C\/o Dy. Superintendent of Police,\n       Wireless, Kokan Region, Kokan,\n       District-Thane.\n\n\n\n\n                                                 \n    5) Shri Mahadeo Sambhaji Nikhare,\n       Police Inspector, (Wireless),\n       Main Controlling Station,\n       Wireless Division, Commissionorate\n\n\n\n\n                                      \n       of Police, Greater Bombay.\n                       \n    6) Shri Dattatraya Patwaru Nandanwar,\n       Police Sub-Inspector, (Wireless),\n       Superintendent of Police, Wireless,\n                      \n       East Zone Office at Katol Road,\n       Nagpur.\n\n    7) Shri Rambhau Krushnaji Nimje,\n       Police Inspector, (Wireless),\n      \n\n       R\/o C\/o Commissioner of Police\n       (City), Pune.\n   \n\n\n\n    8) Shri Deepak Pandurang Parate,\n       Head Wireless Operator,\n       C\/o GRP-Railway Police Station,\n\n\n\n\n\n       Bhusawal, District - Jalgaon.\n\n    9) Shri Raju Motiramji Khadge,\n       Head Wireless Operator,\n       C\/o Office of Deputy Superintendent\n       of Police, Wireless, Malabar Hill,\n\n\n\n\n\n       Bombay.\n\n    10) Shri Mukund Ganpatrao Bokade,\n        Head Wireless Operator,\n        C\/o Office of Deputy Superintendent\n        of Police, Wireless, Amravati Range,\n        Office at Near T.B. Hospital, Amravati.\n\n\n\n\n                                                  ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::\n                                    3\n\n    11)Shri Vinayak Pandurang Sonkusale,\n       Wireless Operator, C\/o Office of\n\n\n\n\n                                                                      \n       Superintendent of Police, Bhandara.\n\n    12)Subhash Gopalrao Rabbewar,\n\n\n\n\n                                              \n       Police Wireless, Inspector, State\n       Reserve Police Force, Group No.4,\n       Nagpur, Hingna Road, Nagpur.\n\n\n\n\n                                             \n    13)Shri Ram Sumant Pawnikar,\n       Police Wireless, Sub-Inspector,\n       C\/o Police Inspector, Police Control\n       Room, Amravati Rural, Amravati.\n\n\n\n\n                                      \n    14)Shri Chandrashekhar Vithobaji\n       Nandankar, Police Wireless,\n                       \n       Sub-Inspector, C\/o Main Control\n       Room, Commissionerate of Police,\n       Greater Bombay.\n                      \n    15)Shri Kishor Manoharrao Sonkusare,\n       Police Wireless, Sub-Inspector,\n       C\/o Office of Suptd. of Police,\n       Wireless, Katol Road, Nagpur.\n      \n\n\n    16)Shri Ganesh Rohidas Khapekar,\n   \n\n\n\n       Wireless Operator, C\/o Assistant\n       Commissioner of Police, Wireless,\n       Nagpur City, Civil Lines, Nagpur.\n\n\n\n\n\n    17)Shri Pravin Baburao Nikhare,\n       Wireless Operator,\n       C\/o Assistant Commissioner of\n       Police, Wireless, Nagpur City,\n       Civil Lines, Nagpur.\n\n\n\n\n\n    18)Shri Yashwant Mahadeoravo\n       Umredkar, Wireless Operator,\n       C\/o Police Inspector, Wireless,\n       State Reserve Police Force Group\n       No.4, Nagpur, Hingna Road,\n       Nagpur.\n\n\n\n\n                                              ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::\n                                               4\n\n    19)Shri Arun Pandharinath Sorte,\n       Wireless Operator, C\/o Police\n\n\n\n\n                                                                                       \n       Inspector, Wireless, State Reserve\n       Police Force Group No.4, Nagpur,\n       Hingna Road, Nagpur.\n\n\n\n\n                                                               \n    20)Shri Vilas Rustamrao Sangle,\n       Police Sub-Inspector, Wireless,\n       C\/o Office of Deputy Superintendent\n\n\n\n\n                                                              \n       of Police, Wireless, Malabar Hill,\n       Bombay.\n\n    21)Shri Dilip Vasantrao Lavhale,\n       Police Sub-Inspector, Wireless,\n\n\n\n\n                                                 \n       C\/o Police Inspector, Wireless,\n       Chandrapur, District Chandrapur.\n                              \n    22)Shri Chandrapal Samersingh Thakur,\n       Head Wireless Operator,\n                             \n       C\/o Police Inspector, Wireless,\n       Nagpur Rural, Nagpur.\n\n    23)Shri Bharat Eknath Salgaonkar,\n       Police Wireless, Sub-Inspector,\n      \n\n       C\/o Office of Deputy Superintendent\n       of Police, Wireless, Malabar Hill,\n   \n\n\n\n       Bombay.\n\n    24)Shri Sambhaji Eknath Salgaonkar,\n       Police Wireless, Sub-Inspector,\n\n\n\n\n\n       C\/o Police Inspector, Wireless,\n       State Reserve Police Force\n       Group No.5, Daund, District Pune.\n\n    25)Shri Ramesh Murlidhar Shirsat,\n        Police Inspector, Wireless Control\n\n\n\n\n\n        Station, C\/o Office of Deputy\n        Superintendent of Police, Wireless,\n        Malabar Hill, Bombay                                .. RESPONDENTS\n    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n    Mr. V.M. Kulsange, Advocate for petitioners,\n    Mr. N.S. Khubalkar, Advocate for respondents 1 to 3.\n    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n\n\n\n                                                               ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::\n                                     5\n\n                      CORAM:-S.A.BOBDE AND\n                              SMT. VASANTI A. NAIK, JJ.\n<\/pre>\n
                      DATED :-21-01-2010.\n<\/p>\n
    ORAL JUDGMENT (Per S.A. Bobde, J)<\/p>\n
    1.    Rule, returnable forthwith.    Heard by consent of the<\/p>\n
    parties.\n<\/p>\n
    2.    The petitioners have approached this Court with a prayer<\/p>\n
    to direct the State of Maharashtra to enquire into the caste<\/p>\n
    claim made by the respondents 4 to 25 in respect of their entry<\/p>\n
    in the Department and with a further prayer that the caste<\/p>\n
    claim if found to be false, to remove them from service.\n<\/p>\n
    3.    The petitioners are working in the same Department and<\/p>\n
    according to them, they are adversely affected because of the<\/p>\n
    posts occupied by the respondents 4 to 25.\n<\/p>\n
    4.    Mr. Khubalkar, learned A.G.P. for respondents 1 to 3<\/p>\n
    submits that the jurisdiction to decide this dispute lies with the<\/p>\n
    Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal under the Administrative<\/p>\n
    Tribunals Act, 1985. The learned A.G.P. has referred to Section<\/p>\n
    3(q) of the Act which defines service matters as follows :-\n<\/p>\n
                                                  ::: Downloaded on – 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::<\/span>
\n                                         6<\/span><\/p>\n
          “service matters”, in relation to a person, means all
\n    matters relating to the conditions of his service in connection<\/p>\n
    with the affairs of the Union or of any State or of any local or<\/p>\n
    other authority within the territory of India or under the control
\n    of the Government of India, or, as the case may be, of any
\n    corporation     (or   society)    owned      or    controlled        by     the
\n    government, as respects-\n<\/p>\n
             (I) remuneration (including allowances), pension and
\n                  other retirement benefits;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
             (II) tenure including confirmation, seniority, promotion,<\/p>\n
                  reversion,
\n                  superannuation;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                                     premature          retirement             and<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
            (iii)leave of any kind;\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            (iv)disciplinary matters; or\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
            (v)any other matter whatsoever;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
          There is no doubt that the dispute is a service matter<\/p>\n
    since it relates to the conditions of service of the respondents 4<\/p>\n
    to 25 as well as the petitioners.       Further Section 15 of the Act<\/p>\n
    confers the jurisdiction, power and authority exercisable by all<\/p>\n
    Courts including this Court on the State Administrative<\/p>\n
    Tribunals.\n<\/p>\n
    5.    It is not possible to accept the contention of the learned<\/p>\n
    Advocate      for   the   petitioners   that      merely     because        the<\/p>\n
    petitioners have prayed for a direction that the caste claim be<\/p>\n
                                                         ::: Downloaded on – 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::<\/span>
\n                                       7<\/span><\/p>\n
    decided, the matter should be entertained by this Court. In the<\/p>\n
    present case, the issue whether the respondents 4 to 25 belong<\/p>\n
    to a particular caste has been raised by the petitioners with<\/p>\n
    reference to the conditions of service of the respondents 4 to<\/p>\n
    25. Therefore, having regard to the provisions of Section 15 of<\/p>\n
    the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985, it must be held that the<\/p>\n
    Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal has jurisdiction, power and<\/p>\n
    authority to refer the caste claim of the respondents 4 to 25, if<\/p>\n
    found     necessary   to
\n                           ig  the   Caste   Scrutiny    Committee          in<\/p>\n
    accordance with law. There is no dispute that this Court had<\/p>\n
    the power to do so before the enactment of the Administrative<\/p>\n
    Tribunals Act, 1985. After the enactment, that power vests in<\/p>\n
    the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunals since that power is<\/p>\n
    involved in a service matter.         Accordingly, this petition is<\/p>\n
    dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to approach the<\/p>\n
    Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal for appropriate reliefs in<\/p>\n
    accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n
            Rule discharged.\n<\/p>\n
                 JUDGE                           JUDGE\n\n\n\n    adgokar\n\n\n\n\n                                                   ::: Downloaded on - 09\/06\/2013 15:32:27 :::<\/span>\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Writ Petition No. 180 of 2010 1) Sunil Vithalrao Kumbhre, Major, Occupation – Service, R\/o 8th Mail, Ramji Ambedkar Nagar, Dawalameti, Amravati […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-194889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bombay-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSunil Vithalrao Kumbhre vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 January, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sunil-vithalrao-kumbhre-vs-the-state-of-maharashtra-on-21-january-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sunil Vithalrao Kumbhre vs The State Of Maharashtra on 21 January, 2010 - 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