Bombay High Court

LAXMAN NATHU RAUT AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA FINANCE DEPARTMENT

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The court held that it may order correction of the respondent’s nomenclature and rectify advocate appearances as a matter of procedural propriety.

Summary

The applicants, led by Advocate Yuvraj Vijayrao Kakde, filed a civil application seeking correction of the nomenclature of Respondent No.4 (Education Officer) and the addition of Deputy Director of Education as Respondent No.6. They also pointed out errors in the appearance of advocates in two related writ petitions (Nos. 9700/2026 and 9802/2026). The court examined the application, noted there was no opposition, and found the requested corrections to be purely procedural. Consequently, the court granted the prayer to correct the respondent’s name and to add the Deputy Director of Education as a party, and ordered the corrections to be made within two weeks. The order also directed that the corrected order be uploaded on the website.

Issues considered

Whether the court may order correction of the nomenclature of a respondent in a pending order
Whether the court may rectify the listing of advocates for respondents in related writ petitions

Subjects

civil application
correction of order
nomenclature
advocate appearance
procedural law
writ petition

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:39580-DB


                                                 *1*                   15-ca-9513-2026


                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                       BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                 15 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9513 OF 2026 IN WP/9802/2026

                                 Laxman Nathu Raut And Others
                                            VERSUS
                          The State Of Maharashtra Finance Department
                                               ...
                Mr. Yuvraj Vijayrao Kakde, Advocate for Applicant
                Mr. A. B. Girase, AGP for Respondents/State
                Mr. U. S. Mote, Advocate for Respondent Nos.3 to 5 in
                WP/9802/2026
                Mr. S. B. Pulkundwar, Advocate for Respondent Nos.3 to 5 in
                WP/9700/2026
                                              WITH
                               WRIT PETITION NO.9700 OF 2026
                                               ...
                                   CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI &
                                             ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                   DATE : 29th AUGUST 2026

                P. C. :-

                1.         This Court by order dated 10.08.2026 disposed of the

                Writ Petition No.9700 of 2026 and other connected Writ

                Petitions. By this Civil Application, the applicants/original

                petitioners are seeking correction in the nomenclature of

                Respondent No.4-Education Officer.


                2.         For the reasons stated in the Civil Application and

                considering the fact that there is no oppose from the other side,

                the same is allowed in terms of prayer clause B, which reads

                thus :-

                Narwade
                                    *2*                      15-ca-9513-2026


     “B) The Hon’ble Court may be pleased to permit the applicants to
     correct the nomenclature of respondent No.4 Education Officer
     (Secondary) and further permitted to add Deputy Director of
     Education (Secondary), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar as party
     respondent No.6 and for that purpose issue necessary order or
     direction;”

3.        Necessary correction be carried within a period of two (2)

weeks from today.

4.        At the outset, it is submitted by learned Advocate U. S.

Mote as well as Advocate S. B. Pulkundwar that in the order

dated 10.08.2026, wrongly appearance of Advocate U. S. Mote

is shown in Writ Petition No.9700/2026 for Respondent Nos.3 to

5, whereas, appearance of Advocate S. B. Pulkundwar is shown

in Writ Petition No.9802/2026 for Respondent Nos.3 to 5.

5.        In the light of that, in Writ Petition No.9700/2026

appearance of Advocate S. B. Pulkundwar be shown for

Respondent        Nos.3   to   5.    Likewise,   in   Writ     Petition

No.9802/2026, appearance of Advocate U. S. Mote for

Respondent Nos.3 to 5 be shown.

6.        Necessary corrections be carried out in the order dated

10.08.2026 and corrected order be uploaded on the website.




(ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.)              (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)


Narwade

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