1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CONTEMPT PETITION NO.183 OF 2009 Shirish Ramchandra Virkar .... Petitioner V/s. Mr.Johny Joseph, Chief Secretary, Maharashtra and Anr. ..... Respondents Mr.Anilkumar Joshi, for the petitioner. Mr.A.I.I.Patel, A.G.P., for the respondents. CORAM :P.B.MAJMUDAR, J. DATE : OCTOBER 14, 2009 P.C. 1. By way of this petition, the petitioner has prayed that appropriate action may be taken against the respondents under the Contempt of Court Act, for not complying with the directions given by the Division Bench of this Court on 29-04-2008 in Writ Petition No.6589 of 2003. By the aforesaid judgment, the Division Bench set aside the order passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal and uphold the decision of the State Government, by which deemed date of promotion and other benefits have been given to the petitioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the Government should now restore the benefits which have already given to the present petitioner. 2. The learned A.G.P., after taking instructions from 2 Mr.S.J.Sovitkar, Under Secretary, states that though according to the State, the contempt petition is not maintainable as the petitioner is required to take out separate proceedings to get his rights adjudicated, yet in order to put an end to the controversy, the State Government will give benefits to the petitioner, which he is entitled to, in view of the dismissal of the original application filed by Mr.Vitthal Ambaji Gaikwad. He further states the petitioner will be given benefits within a period of eight weeks from today. The said statement of the learned A.G.P., is recorded and whatever benefits petitioner is entitled to, in view of the order of the Division Bench, will be paid to the petitioner without further delay. In view of the said statement, the learned counsel for the petitioner is not praying for any other relief. Subject to what has been stated above, the contempt petition is disposed of. 3. The statement of the learned A.G.P., is recorded on the instructions given by Mr.S.J.Sovitkar, Under Secretary, who is present in the Court. ( P.B.MAJMUDAR, J.)