(1) WP 6893.11+group IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 6893 OF 2011 Sunanda Narendra Sarode and anr. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 6541 OF 2011 Rajendra Onkar Patil and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 6532 OF 2011 Devidas Rangrao Patil and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 6527 OF 2011 Hilal Vedu Kumbhar and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 6643 OF 2011 Yogendra Bharatsing Rajput and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS (2) WP 6893.11+group WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4902 OF 2011 Anil Shantaram Khute and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4370 OF 2011 Bapu Manik Pagar and ors. PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and ors. RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. Ajay D. Pawar, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. Mr. R.S. Pawar, Advocate h/f. Mr. M.S. Sonawane, Advocate for the respondent no. 2. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 27TH SEPTEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. The Writ Petitions are heard finally, by consent. 2. The petitioners are basically aggrieved with the inaction on behalf of the respondents, in not giving them the benefits of the higher pay scale after completion of 12 years service, by not calculating the period of service rendered by the petitioners in non grant-in-aid schools. (3) WP 6893.11+group 3. The issue is no more res-integra in view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court dated 14.09.2000 passed in Writ Petition no. 4346 of 2000. Vide the said judgment, the Division Bench has held that even the services rendered by the teachers in non-aided school is entitled to be taken into consideration for counting of 12 years service. The said judgment has been consistently followed by this Court in various judgments. 4. In that view of the matter, we dispose of this group of Writ Petitions with the following observations: (I) The management of the respective school, where the petitioners are working, shall sent the proposal/s to the Education Officer/s of the concerned Zilla Parishad/s for giving the benefits of the higher pay scale on account of rendering 12 years service, by calculating the service rendered in the unaided school. (II) After receipt of the proposal/s, from the respective management, the concerned Education (4) WP 6893.11+group Officers of the Zilla Parishad/s shall take appropriate decision thereon and in case the petitioners are found eligible to be entitled to the said benefit, by taking into consideration the services rendered by them in the unaided school, the said benefit will be extended to them, within a period of four (4) months from the receipt of the proposal/s from the management . 5. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. Sd/- Sd/- [M. T. JOSHI, J.] [B. R. GAVAI, J.] arp/