( 1 ) IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 670 OF 2010 1. Raghunath s/o. Ananda Bhapkar .. Petitioners Age. 52 years, Occ. Service, R/o. 6238, Kawde Galli, Nalegaon, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 2. Dnyaneshwar s/o. Bapurao Salve, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. J.J. Galli, Mangal Gate, Ahmednagar, District Ahmednagar. 3. Gopinath s/o. Fakira Bansode, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Nagar Devle, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 4. Balanarasayya Balayya Battin, Age. 55 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Pipeline Road, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 5. Smt. Vaijayantee Subhash Paddune, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Bhingar, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 6. Smt. Veena Chandramohan Kandepalli, Age. 47 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Civil Hudco, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 7. Smt. Sangeeta Vilas Rane, Age. 47 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Agarkar Mala, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. ( 2 ) 8. Subhash s/o. Dattatraya Pathare, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Chas, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 9. Smt. Asha Anil Iwale, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Shinde Galli, Mali Wada, Ahmednagar. 10. Ravindra s/o. Radhakrishna Chaudhary, Age. 38 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Bhingar, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 11. Niyaz Badshah Sayyed, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Mukund Nagar, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 12. Smt. Pratibha Arjun Sandupatla, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Nalegaon, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 13. Dnyandeo s/o. Bhausaheb Dhamne, Age. 47 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Sarola Kasar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 14. Ambadas s/o. Patilba Berad, Age. 47 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Darewadi, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 15. Dilipraj s/o. Dattatraya Shinde, Age. 51 years, Occ. Service, R/o. “Shivprasad”, Borude Mala, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. ( 3 ) 16. Ajeet s/o. Shridhar Chintamani, Age. 46 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Pipeline Road, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 17. Vikas s/o. Anant Thosar, Age. 51 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Sangamner, Taluka Sangamner, District Ahmednagar. 18. Subhash s/o. Waman Bankar, Age. 50 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Court Lane, Kopargaon, Taluka Kopargaon, District Ahmednagar. 19. Pradeep s/o. Shankar Kotasthane, Age. 50 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Balikashram Road, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 20. Dayanand s/o. Prabhakar Annadate, Age. 50 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Premdan, Hudco, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 21. Anil s/o. Jagannath Nirhali, Age. 48 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Court Lane, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 22. Parmeshwar s/o. Haribhau Jedhe, Age. 51 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Arangaon Chowk, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 23. Devidas s/o. Karbhari Rasal, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Sangamner, Taluka Sangamner, District Ahmednagar. ( 4 ) 24. Vishnu s/o. Tukaram Dahibhate, Age. 45 years, Occ. Service, R/o. At post Shevgaon, District Ahmednagar. 25. Smt. Sai Mukund Korhalkar, Age. 42 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Kopargaon, Taluka Kopargaon, District Ahmednagar. 26. Babasaheb s/o. Bhagwan Tupe, Age. 47 years, Occ. Service, R/o. Nath Nagar, Taluka Pathardi, District Ahmednagar. 27. Ravindra s/o. Chandrakant Jain, Age. 42 years, Occ. Retired, R/o. Court Lane, Ahmednagar, Taluka and District Ahmednagar. 28. Smt. Mangala Ramchandra Rasane, Age. 47 years, Occ. Retired, R/o. Near Dhoot Showroom, Nagar Manmad Road, Ahmednagar. Taluka and District Ahmednagar. Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra .. Respondents Through its Secretary, Finance Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 2. The Secretary, Law and Judiciary Department, Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya, Mumbai – 32. 3. The Registrar General, Hon’ble High Court, Bombay, At Bombay. ( 5 ) 4. The Principal District & Sessions Judge, At Ahmednagar, Mr. V.D. Salunke h/f. Mr. R.R. Karpe, Advocate for the petitioners. Mrs. A.V. Gondhalekar, A.G.P. for respondent Nos. 1 & 2. Mr. V.J. Dixit, Sr. Counsel i/b. Mr. L.V. Sangit, Advocate for respondent Nos. 3 & 4. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & A.A. SAYED, JJ. DATED : 08.10.2010 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER – B.R. GAVAI,J.] :- 1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard by consent. 2. It is not in dispute that the issue in the present petition is covered by the judgments of this Court in Writ Petition No. 6110 of 1996 (Shrinivas Govind Samant V/s. State of Maharashtra) and Writ Petition No. 259 of 1994 (Dattatraya Trambak Wani V/s. State of Maharashtra). 3. In that view of the matter, we quash and set aside ( 6 ) the impugned order dated 20th August, 2008. It is made clear that in the event any amount is recovered from the petitioners, the same shall be refunded to them within a period of 12 weeks from today. 4. Rule is made absolute accordingly. The petition stands disposed of with no order as to costs. [A.A. SAYED,J.] [B.R. GAVAI,J.] snk/2010/OCT10/wp670.10