AJN 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6553 OF 1997 The State of Maharashtra ... Petitioner Vs. Shri Nathuram Gopal Gaikwad ... Respondent Mr. Vinay Sonpal, A.G.P. for the petitioner. Mrs. Aradhana S. Prabhu h/f. N.V. Bandiwadekar for the respondent. CORAM : SMT. RANJANA DESAI & A.P. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED : 26TH JULY, 2006. P.C.:- 1. The respondent had approached the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal for expunging of adverse remarks in his confidential records for the year 1992-93. The said application was allowed by the impugned judgment and order. Being aggrieved by the said judgment and order, the State of Maharashtra has preferred the instant writ petition. 2. We are informed by the learned A.G.P. that as regards the lapses for which adverse remarks were made in the confidential reports of the respondent, an enquiry was conducted and the respondent was punished by order dated 17/10/1995. His one increment was stopped for a period of three years with effect on future increment. The respondent filed Original AJN 2 Application No.58 of 1997. By order dated 29/9/2000, the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai Bench quashed the said punishment. Admittedly, the petitioner has retired from service. Hence, the impugned order does not merit interference. The petition is disposed of as such. [SMT. RANJANA DESAI, J.] [A.P. DESHPANDE, J.]