1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5998 OF 2009 Uttam S/o Dhanu Rathod .. Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others .. Respondents Smt. Sanjivani Deshmukh-Ghate, Advocate h/f Shri A. D. Sugdare, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri V. H. Dighe, A.G.P. for the Respondent No. 1. Shri D. P. Bakshi, Adocate for the Respondents No. 2. The respondent No. 3 and 4 served. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL, AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 15TH MARCH, 2010. ORAL ORDER [Per NARESH H. PATIL, J. ] : . Heard. 2 2. We have perused the Government Resolution dated 20th July, 2001 and the impugned orders passed by Maharashtra Jivan Pradhikaran dated 31.12.2008 and 01.08.2009. 3. It is informed that the petitioner had utilized the pay scale applicable to promotional post since year 2001, but the petitioner refused to join the promotional post. Therefore, the Maharashtra Jivan Pradhikaran had cancelled the order of promotion and stopped the benefits applicable to the promotional post for a period of one year. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was transfered to Hingoli Division of Maharashtra Jivan Pradhikara which was on the verge of closer and has now been closed. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents submits that though the Division at Hingoli has closed, the employees working at Hingoli Division are accommodated at other divisions, as petitioner or similarly situate persons are the workers of Maharashtra Jivan Pradhikaran. 3 6. In the light of the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the respondents and the order passed, we do not find that interference is required by this Court in exercise of extraordinary writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The petition is without merit and accordingly dismissed. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] bsb/Mar.10