Kambli 1 wp1893.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1893 OF 2010 ... Pramod D.Sonawane ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1894 OF 2010 ... Aher Ranganath Kisan ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1900 OF 2010 ... Gugale Gulab Sheshmal ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1901 OF 2010 ... Pokale Sunil N. ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.1902 OF 2010 ... Sopan M. Rathod ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2083 OF 2010 ... Dr.Mane Shakuntala N. ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH Kambli 2 wp1893.10 WRIT PETITION NO.2312 OF 2010 ... Mahajan Dnyaneshwar M. ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.2314 OF 2010 ... Dr.Gadave Kisan Mahadeo ...Petitioner v/s. State of Maharashtra & ors. ...Respondents ... Mr.C.R.Sadashivan for the Petitioners. Mr.A.I.H.Patel, AGP for State. Mrs.Kalyani Pathak for Respondents Nos. 3 & 4. ... CORAM: D.K.Deshmukh & N.D.Deshpande,JJ DATED: 3rd September, 2010 P.C.: 1. Rule. Returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of parties. 2. Admitted position is that the Petitioner in these petitions are working as Lecturers in Kambli 3 wp1893.10 different Colleges affiliated to Pune University. It is also common ground that their pay was fixed in the senior scale and the selection grade earlier. They were also paid in the senior scale and the selection grade as per the Government Resolution dated 11th December, 1999. It is also an admitted position that now by the orders which are impugned in these petitions, the Joint Director, Higher Education has cancelled the order made by him earlier fixing the scale of pay of the Petitioners in senior scale and selection grade. It is also an admitted position that this has been done without issuing any show cause notice to the Petitioners. In our opinion, the orders made in favour of the Petitioners as a result of which there was enhancement in the pay package of the Petitioners, could not have been cancelled by the Joint Director without hearing and issuing show cause notice to them. As it is an admitted position that the orders granting senior scale and selection grade have been cancelled without granting an opportunity of being heard to the Kambli 4 wp1893.10 Petitioner, in our opinion, those orders will have to be set aside. 3. In the result, therefore, all the petitions succeed and allowed. The orders impugned in the petitions, whereby the orders made earlier fixing the scale of pay of the Petitioners in senior scale and selection grade have been cancelled, are set aside, with liberty to the Respondent No.2 to make fresh order in accordance with law. All the contentions available to both sides are kept open. Rule made absolute. No order as to costs. (D.K.Deshmukh, J.) (N.D.Deshpande, J.)