DNYANESHWAR LAVHAJI KALUKHE vs DIRECTOR (HUMAN RESOURCE ) MSEDC LTD. AND ORS.

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WP-1671-2024.doc Shailaja IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY Digitally signed CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION URMILA by URMILA PRAMOD PRAMOD INGALE INGALE Date: 2025.10.10 17:39:50 +0530 WRIT PETITION NO.1671 OF 2024 a/w INTERIM APPLICATION [STAMP] NO.470 OF 2025 IN WRIT PETITION NO.1671 OF 2024 Mr. Dnyaneshwar Lavhaji Kalukhe ] Age : 44 years, Occupation : nil, ] Residing in Room No.3103, Patbandhare Vasahat, ] Krishna Nagar, Satara. ] Petitioner Versus 1. Director (Human Resource) ] Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution ] Company Ltd. ] Having Office Address at – “Prakashgadh”, ] Station Road, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 51. ] 2. Assistant General Manager (Human Resources) ] Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution ] Company Ltd. Having Office Address at – “Prakashgadh”, ] Station Road, Bandra (East), Mumbai – 51. ] 3. Superintendent Engineer, Satara Circle ] Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution ] Company Ltd. Having Office Address at – Administrative ] Building, ‘Vidyut Bhavan’, First Floor, ] Krishnanagar, Satara, 415003. ] 4. The State of Maharashtra ] Through the Principal Secretary (Energy) ] to the Government of Maharashtra ] [Notice to be served through the Government ] Pleader (High Court) Appellate Side, Mumbai.] ] Respondents 1 of 18 WP-1671-2024.doc ….. Mr. Sumant Deshpande, for Petitioner. Mr. Prashant Chawan, Senior Advocate a/w Ms. Reshmarani Nathani and Ms. Niharika Singh i/b Little & Co., for Respondents No.1 to 3. Ms. Ashwini A. Purav, A.G.P, for Respondent No.4 – State. ….. CORAM : M.S. KARNIK & N.R. BORKAR, JJ. RESERVED ON : 15th JULY, 2025. PRONOUNCED ON : 10th OCTOBER, 2025. UPLOADED ON : 10th OCTOBER, 2025. JUDGMENT: [PER M.S. KARNIK, J.]: 1. Jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is invoked by the