(1) wp1991-11-group IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 1991 OF 2011 Sheshrao Vyankatrao Shete & another PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioners. Mrs.A.V. Gondhalekar,A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2074 OF 2011 Tulshiram Gyaniram Siral PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2075 OF 2011 Rajkumar Namdevrao Ingle PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... (2) wp1991-11-group WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2076 OF 2011 Mahesh Bapurao Swami PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra and others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2077 OF 2011 Ashok Santukrao Kulkarni PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2078 OF 2011 Venkat Sheshrao Maske PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2082 OF 2011 (3) wp1991-11-group Dr. Satish Vasantrao Yadav PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.L. Dhoble, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2087 OF 2011 Dr. Kantrao Pralhadrao Pole PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.L. Dhoble, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2091 OF 2011 Dr. Dilipkumar Ganpatrao Shelge PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.L. Dhoble, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2408 OF 2011 Dr. Sanjay Namdevrao Gadpayale PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.L. Dhoble, advocate for the petitioner. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... (4) wp1991-11-group WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2072 OF 2011 Prashant Girijashankar Gawali PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. S.K. Kadam, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2073 OF 2011 Suresh Dagdu Dhimdhime PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V.D. Godbharle, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2079 OF 2011 Vilas Tulshiram Narwade PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS .... Mr. V.D. Salunke, advocate for the petitioner. Mr. B.V. Wagh, A.G.P. for the respondent/State. .... CORAM : D.B. BHOSALE & M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 28th MARCH, 2011 (5) wp1991-11-group PER COURT : 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of learned counsel for the parties. 2. Admittedly, the petitioners in the present petitions are appointed as Lecturers in different colleges in this region. Admittedly, their pay was fixed in the senior scale and the selection grade earlier as per the applicable Government Resolution dated 11th December, 1999. Admittedly, the Joint Director of Higher Education, Pune Region has cancelled the order of earlier pay fixation. It is admitted fact that this exercise was carried without issuing any show cause notices to the petitioners. Thus, the petitioners are adversely affected by the order without granting an opportunity of being heard. In our opinion, therefore, those orders will have to be set aside. Further, some of the Lecturers working within the jurisdiction of Pune University with the similar grievances have succeeded on this ground, vide order dated 3rd September, 2010 passed in writ petition No. 1893/2010 and five other writ petitions, (6) wp1991-11-group a copy of which is placed before us by learned counsel for the petitioners. 3. In the result, all the petitions succeed and are allowed. The impugned orders are set aside with liberty to the Joint Director of Higher Education to make fresh order in accordance with law. All the contentions to both the sides are kept open. Rule made absolute. No order as to costs. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [D.B. BHOSALE, J.] NPJ/wp1991-11-group