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Maharashtra Land Revenue Code

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BHAVESH LAKHICHAND SALUNKHEversusTHE TAHSILDAR AND ANOTHER

DISPOSED OFF

Petitioner Bhavesh Lakhichand Salunkhe challenged a notice/order dated 17‑12‑2025 issued by the S.D.O. Faijpur under section 48 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The High Court observed that the petitioner has an alternative remedy of filing an appeal before the appropriate appellate authority, …

ASHOK TRIMBAK MADHIKAR AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioners sought a court direction to initiate criminal prosecution against Respondent No.10, a company, for allegedly carrying out illegal excavation. The petition was filed after the petitioner’s counsel was elevated to a judgeship. The police investigated the matter and concluded that an …

KAMALBAI BABRUWAN KOLGEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioners challenged the orders dated 20 June 2013 and 14 July 2015 whereby the Additional Commissioner, Aurangabad, and the State Minister recorded the names of respondents No.6 and 7 in the revenue records based on a disputed 1986 partition deed. The respondents had sought to have their …

GOVIND NARAYAN SHINDEversusTHE COLLECTOR PARBHANI AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

Petitioner Govind Narayan Shinde challenged an order passed under Section 143 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code that allowed respondents to construct a road to access their land, claiming it would destroy his dwelling and mango trees. He filed a regular civil suit seeking a perpetual injunction …

DINESH BABULAL MALIversusTHE SUB DIVISIONAL OFFICER AND ANOTHER

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioner, Dinesh Babulal Mali, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 06.01.2021 issued by the Sub Divisional Officer, Dhule under Section 247 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The respondent, the Sub Divisional Officer, raised a preliminary objection that the petitioner had an …

MADHUKAR UDDHAV BHAGWAT AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioners, Madhukar Uddhav Bhagwat and others, filed R.C.S. No.249 of 2024 seeking a declaration and a temporary injunction against the State of Maharashtra (through the Tahsildar) and private respondents. They submitted an application (Exhibit‑5) for a temporary injunction but failed to join …

SANDEEP DHONDIBA MOREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

RULE ABSOLUTE

Petitioner Sandeep Dhondiba More challenged his detention order dated 09.02.2026 issued by the District Magistrate, Nanded, under Section 3(1) of the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities of Slumlords, Bootleggers, Drug‑Offenders, Dangerous Persons, Video Pirates, Sand Smugglers and Persons …

SACHIN RAOSAHEB MASKEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR SECRETARY AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioners challenged orders of Sub‑Divisional Officers who, under Sections 48(7), 48(8) and 48(9) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, seized four of their vehicles that were allegedly loading sand from the Godavari riverbank. Five identical writ petitions were filed, contending that the …

ASARAM GANGADHAR GIRIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR SECRETARY AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioners challenged orders of Sub‑Divisional Officers who, under Sections 48(7), 48(8) and 48(9) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, seized four of their vehicles that were allegedly loading sand from the Godavari riverbank. Five identical writ petitions were filed, contending that the …

ASHOK GOVINDRAO DAWARGAVEversusGANESH MADHAVRAO THETE AND OTHERS

DISPOSED OFF

The petitioner challenged the order granting status quo on 15 September 2025 and the subsequent order rejecting his application to continue that status quo. The dispute arose from a Section 143 order of the Tahsildar, Nilanga, allowing an 8.25‑foot road through survey nos. 131 and 132, which the …

AABA DHARMA SHELARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR SECRETARY AND ORS

The Bombay High Court heard a batch of writ petitions (W.P. Nos. 12710‑12720/2026) filed by various petitioners whose vehicles and machinery had been seized by revenue officials and a penalty of Rs.7,50,000 (or Rs.2,00,000 in one case) imposed under Section 48(8) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue …

KAILAS ASHOK DHOMSEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR SECRETARY AND ORS

The Bombay High Court heard a batch of writ petitions (W.P. Nos. 12710‑12720/2026) filed by various petitioners whose vehicles and machinery had been seized by revenue officials and a penalty of Rs.7,50,000 (or Rs.2,00,000 in one case) imposed under Section 48(8) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue …

IKHATYAR ADAM MUJAWARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners challenged the issuance of a show‑cause notice dated 27 March 2026 by the Tehsildar, Hatkanagale, alleging that it was not issued in accordance with the procedure prescribed under Section 53 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The High Court examined whether the notice complied …

SHANKAR NIVRUTTI PATILversusPRAKASH NIVRUTTI PATIL

Allowed

The petitioners, real brothers, were allotted separate plots of land (Gat Nos. 16/1 and 17/1 to the petitioner and 16/2 and 17/2 to the respondent) following a partition under Section 85 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The petitioner claimed an easement along the northern side of the …

AKHTAR HASAN RIZVIversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

Allowed

The petitioner, Akhtar Hasan Rizvi, was charged with mischief relating to a 1979 land mutation entry. The parties later reconciled and filed consent terms with the statutory revenue officers to delete the mutation, with the complainant receiving the benefit and the petitioner receiving none. The …

SHRI. BALASAHEB KARBHARI UPHADE AND ORS.versusTAHASILDAR, DINDORI AND ORS.

Disposed Off

The petitioners challenged the order of the Tahsildar and the Sub‑Divisional Officer that they had obstructed a Vahivat road claimed by Respondent No.3. The court examined the scope of Section 5 of the Mamlatdars’ Courts Act, emphasizing that the provision only deals with obstruction of an existing …

ANNA WAMAN BHALERAOversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA

2025 INSC 1114Dismissed

The appellants, a former Circle Officer and Talathi, were accused of certifying mutation entries based on forged documents that facilitated an illegal property transfer between 1996 and 1998. An FIR was lodged in 2019 and the appellants filed anticipatory bail applications, which received …