SUNIL PUNJARAM DANDGE vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS SECRETARY AND ORS — WP/5160/2026

Summary of WP 5160/2026 (Sunil Punjaram Dandge v. State of Maharashtra) The High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Aurangabad Bench) admitted the writ petition and issued notice to respondents returnable on 01.07.2026. The Court granted interim relief: employers are prohibited from taking coercive action against the petitioner solely due to invalidated caste claims until the return date, provided the petitioner files an undertaking within 15 days that they will not claim service benefits (promotion, seniority, confirmation, increment, pay fixation) pending the petition's resolution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.