SANTOSH MOTIRAM CHAVAN S/O MOTIRAM DATTU CHAVAN vs UNION OF INDIA THROUGH G M AND ORS

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TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE Digitally signed by TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE 915-wp-540-2025.odt Date: 2026.05.02 17:44:35 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 540 OF 2025 Santosh Motiram Chavan, S/o. Motiram Dattu Chavan, Age: 41 Yrs, R/at: Terwad Taluka, Village – Shirol,District – Kolhapur, Maharashtra – 416 106 Mob. No.08856875410 … Petitioner Versus 1. Union of India (Through), The General Manager, Central Railway, Mumbai CST, Mumbai – 400 001 2. Sr. Divisional Security Commissioner (R.P.F), Mumbai Division, Central Railway, Divisional Railway Manager’s Office, CSTM, Maharashtra- 400 001 3. Security Commissioner, Mumbai Division, Central Railway, R.PF. Kalyan, Maharashtra – 421 602 4. Assistant Security Commissioner, R.P.F. Kalyan, Mumbai Division, Central Railway, Maharashtra – 421 602 … Respondents … Dr.Abhinav Chandrachud i/b. Mr.Samir Singh for the Petitioner. Mr.T.J.Pandian with Mr.Gautam Modanwal and Mr.Prasad Sawant for the Respondent -Railway. … CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & HITEN S.VENEGAVKAR, JJ. DATE : APRIL 23, 2026 ORAL JUDGMENT : (Per: Ravindra V. Ghuge, J.) 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith and heard finally by the consent of the parties. Trupti ...1 915-wp-540-2025.odt DATES AND EVENTS 2. The dates and events are undisputed before us. For ready reference, we summarise the dates and events hereunder: (a) The Petitioner was selected and appointed as a Constable in the Railway Police Force (R.P.F.) under the Senior Divisional Security Commissioner, Bilaspur Division of the South Eastern Railway, on 22.07.2006. (b) The Petitioner was transferred to the Central Railway under the Divisional Security Commissioner, Solapur, at Gulbarga on health grounds, on 23.12.2006. (c) The Petitioner was transferred to th