VASANTRAO SHAMRAO DESHMUKH AND ANR vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROU. ITS SEC. DEPT OF FINANCE AND ORS

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Digitally signed by 905.WP-18230-2024.odt GAURI GAURI AMIT GAEKWAD AMIT Date: GAEKWAD 2025.05.06 18:07:05 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY +0530 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.18230 OF 2024 1. Vasantrao Shamrao Deshmukh ) Aged : 75 years, Occu: Nil ) 2. Snehalata Vasantrao Deshmukh ) Aged : 75 years, Occu: Nil ) Both 1 and 2 residing at Gadge Maharaj ) Gorakshan Sanstha, Post Murtijapur, ) District Akola, Maharashtra – 444 107 ) ….Petitioners Versus 1. State of Maharashtra ) Through its Secretary, Department of ) Finance, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 400 032 ) 2. The Accountant General, ) Indian Audit and Accounts Department, ) Pratishtha Bhavan, 101, Maharshi Karve ) Marg, Mumbai – 400 020 ) 3. The Project Officer, ) Integrated Tribal Development Project ) Office, Nashik, Maharashtra – 422 002 ) ….Respondents ---- Mr. Abhijeet Desai a/w. Mr. Karan Gajra, Mrs. Daksha Madhav, Mr. Vijay Singh, Mr. Digvijay Kachare and Ms. Sanchita Sontakke i/b. Ms. Mohini Rehpade for the Petitioners. Mr. Abhishek Bhadang, AGP for Respondent No.1. ---- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 25th APRIL, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT (PER RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) : 1. Leave to delete Respondent No.4, which is a formal party. Deletion be carried out forthwith. Gauri Gaekwad 1 of 10 905.WP-18230-2024.odt 2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties. 3. The Petitioners are the parents of the deceased Mangesh. Both the Petitioners are more than 75 years of age. Mangesh was their unmarried biological son, who was working in a School since 15th June, 1999. Due to a snake bite on the premises of the School, Mangesh passed away on 3 rd October, 2008. On 22nd September, 2010, the Petitioners approached Respondent No.3 for seeking pensiona