1 FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET NO. IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5462 OF 1998 Ramesh S/o Dayaram Patil & another .... PETITIONERS VERSUS The Administrative Officer Municipal Council Shikshan Mandal & Oths. .... RESPONDENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. S.R.Barlinge, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. A.R. Kawade, Advocate holding for Mr. P.R.Patil, Advocate for respondent no. 1. Mr. Sanket Kulkarni, Advocate holding for Mr. V.T.Choudhari, Advocate for respondent no. 3. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE: 09/08/2010 ORAL ORDER : 1. The issue involved in the present petition is no more ' res integra ' and covered by this Court in the case of Shashikala Vasant Baviskar and oths. V/s Municipal Corporation for city of Jalgaon and others – reported in 2005 ( 2 ) Mh. L. J. - 1086, wherein this Court in unequivocal terms hold that the petitioners therein were entitled to have their past service counted for the purpose of seniority, vis-a-vis employees of the Municipal Council. The case of the present petitioner is identical with the case of the petitioner in the said case. 2 2. Rule is, therefore, made absolute in terms of prayer clauses ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ to the extent of the petitioner. [ S.V. GANGAPURWALA ] [ B.R. GAVAI ] JUDGE JUDGE knp/ WP 5462.98