(1) wp8812-11-group IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 8812 OF 2011 Ashok Jijabrao Patil & others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 8813 OF 2011 Sanjay Sahebrao Patil & others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 8700 OF 2011 Arun Baburao Patil & others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 8770 OF 2011 Sunil Bhaskarrao Patil & others PETITIONERS VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & others RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. A.D. Pawar, advocate for the Petitioners in all the petitions. Mr. K.M. Suryawanshi, Mr. K.G. Patil, and Mr. V.D. Rakh, A.G.Ps. for the Respondent-State. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 22nd NOVEMBER, 2011 (2) wp8812-11-group ORAL ORDER: 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. The Writ Petitions are heard finally, by consent. 2. The petitioners are basically aggrieved with the inaction on behalf of the respondents, in not giving them the benefits of the higher pay scale after completion of 12 years service, by not calculating the period of service rendered by the petitioners in non grant-in-aid schools. 3. The issue is no more res-integra in view of the Division Bench judgment of this Court dated 14.09.2000 passed in Writ Petition no. 4346 of 2000. Vide the said judgment, the Division Bench has held that even the services rendered by the teachers in non-aided school is entitled to be taken into consideration for counting of 12 years service. The said judgment has been consistently followed by this Court in various judgments. 4. In that view of the matter, we dispose of this group of Writ Petitions with the following observations: (3) wp8812-11-group (I) The Management of the respective school, where the petitioners are working, shall sent the proposal/s to the Education Officer/s of the concerned Zilla Parishad/s for giving the benefits of the higher pay scale on account of rendering 12 years service, by calculating the service rendered by the petitioners in the unaided school. (II) After receipt of the proposal/s, from the respective Management, the concerned Education Officers of the Zilla Parishad/s shall take appropriate decision thereon and in case the petitioners are found eligible to be entitled to the said benefit, by taking into consideration the services rendered by them in the unaided school, the said benefit will be extended to them, within a period of four (4) months from the receipt of the proposal/s from the Management. 5. Rule is made absolute in the above terms. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp8812-11-group (4) wp8812-11-group