DILIP KAPOOR , PRESIDENT SUMAN EDUCATION TRUST AND ANR vs BHAGAT MAHESH BHAGA AND ORS

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901.WP.11161.2022.doc Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.11161 OF 2022 Dilip Kapoor, President, Suman Educational Trust and Anr. .. Petitioners Versus Bhagat Mahesh Bhaga and Ors. .. Respondents ....................  Mr. Mahesh Vijay Rawool, Advocate for Petitioners.  Mr. C.R. Sadasivan, Advocate for Respondent No.1.  Ms. P.J. Gavhane, AGP for Respondent – State. ......…........... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. RESERVED ON : JULY 30, 2025. PRONOUNCED ON : OCTOBER 15, 2025. JUDGMENT: 1. Heard Mr. Rawool, learned Advocate for Petitioners, Mr. Sadasivan, learned Advocate for Respondent No.1 and Ms. Gavhane, learned AGP for Respondent – State. 2. The present Writ Petition assails judgment and order dated 22.06.2022 passed by the Presiding Officer, Mumbai University and College Tribunal, Mumbai in Contempt Application No.05 of 2019 whereby Contempt Application filed by Respondent No.1 was partly allowed. 3. The facts germane to the present case are as follows:- 3.1. On 04.08.2014, Respondent No.1 – employee was appointed as Workshop Welder (Instructor) in Petitioner No.3 – Institute. On 1 of 14 901.WP.11161.2022.doc account of alleged unsatisfactory work and misconduct Petitioners issued show-cause notices dated 11.09.2015 and 22.03.2018. Thereafter, by letter dated 05.05.2018 Respondent No.1’s services were terminated and all dues payable to him as on that date were paid by Petitioners. 3.2. Being aggrieved by the termination, Respondent No.1 preferred Appeal No.19 of 2018 before the Mumbai University and College Tribunal, Mumbai. By judgment dated 15.03.2019, Tribunal allowed the Appeal and directed Respondent No.1 to be reinstated to the same post without any break in service alongwith back-wages and costs of Rs.