Bombay High Court

ASHOK MANIKRAO KHAMKAR AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SANDIPKUMAR C MORE ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

The petition is dismissed as there is nothing left to adjudicate after the seniority was already decided.

Summary

Ashok Manikrao Khamkar and another filed a petition before the Bombay High Court seeking relief regarding their seniority. The respondents, the State of Maharashtra and others, were represented by Ms. M.N. Ghanekar. The Advocate General submitted that the seniority issue had already been decided on 9 February 2019. The Court noted this submission and observed that no further relief could be granted. Consequently, the petition was held to have no surviving claim and was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the petition for seniority relief is maintainable after the seniority has already been decided on 09-02-2019?

Subjects

seniority
petition disposed
High Court
service matters

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:21074-DB
                                          1                        928.CP.947.18.odt


                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              CONT. PETITION NO. 947 OF 2018
                                     IN WP/8997/2016

                        ASHOK MANIKRAO KHAMKAR AND ANOTHER
                                         VERSUS
                        THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
                                            ...
                          AGP for Respondents: Ms. M.N. Ghanekar
                                            ...

                                 CORAM        : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE &
                                                ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.


                                 DATE         : 08.05.2026


             PER COURT:

                         None for the petitioners, however, the learned AGP

             submits that seniority of the petitioners is already decided on

             09.02.2019. In view of the same, nothing survives in this petition

             and it stands disposed of.




             (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.)           (SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.)



             habeeb/

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