Bombay High Court

NARENDRA AMRUT PATELversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA (SUMMONS TO BE SERVED ON THE LEARNED GOVERNMENT PLEADER )AND ORS

Decided: 13 January 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: RAVINDRA V GHUGE ABHAY MANTRI

Holding

The Court allowed the petitioner's request and ordered the writ petition to be withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioner, Narendra Amrut Patel, filed an interim application before the Bombay High Court seeking leave to withdraw his writ petition (W.P. No. 12952 of 2023). The application was supported by a handwritten, signed communication dated 20 December 2025. The learned counsel for the petitioner argued that the petitioner no longer wished to pursue the relief sought in the writ petition. The court examined the request and found no impediment to allowing the withdrawal. Consequently, the interim application was disposed of and the writ petition was ordered to stand withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court may grant leave to withdraw a pending writ petition upon the petitioner's request

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petition
interim application
civil appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

TRUPTI
SADANAND
BAMNE
Digitally signed by
TRUPTI SADANAND                                                                 903-ia-307-2026.odt
BAMNE
Date: 2026.01.14
17:43:56 +0530




                               IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                       CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                   INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 307 OF 2026
                                                   IN
                                     WRIT PETITION NO. 12952 OF 2023

                      Narendra Amrut Patel                               … Applicant

                      IN THE MATTER BETWEEN

                      Narendra Amrut Patel                               … Petitioner
                           versus
                      The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                    … Respondents

                                                     …
                      Mr.Rahul Kadam for the Applicant/ Petitioner.
                      Ms.P.N.Diwan, AGP for the Respondent -State.
                                                      ...

                                             CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE &
                                                     ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.

                                             DATE        : JANUARY 13, 2026

                      P.C:

                      1.         The learned Advocate for the Applicant submits that the

                      Applicant has filed an Interim Application seeking withdrawal of the

                      Writ Petition. Along with the said Application, the original

                      handwritten and signed communication of the Applicant dated

                      20.12.2025, is placed on record.



                      Trupti                                                                   ...1
                                                         903-ia-307-2026.odt




2.           In view of the above, the Interim Application seeking

leave to withdraw the Writ Petition is disposed off.



3.           The Writ Petition, on instructions, is disposed off as

withdrawn.




(ABHAY J.MANTRI, J.)               (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)




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