Bombay High Court
PANDURANG GOVIND TIRTHEversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS CHIEF SECRETARY AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
No cause of action survives; the petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Summary
Pandurang Govind Tirthe filed a public interest litigation seeking enforcement of a Letter of Award dated 5 December 2025 against the State of Maharashtra and other respondents. Respondent No.3, the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, through counsel, informed the Court that it intended to execute the Letter of Award and submitted a copy of the award. The Court observed that the respondents' unequivocal undertaking removed any remaining cause of action. Consequently, the petition was held to be infructuous and was disposed of. The Court directed that the Letter of Award be executed within three months of the order.
Issues considered
- Whether any cause of action subsists against the respondents after the respondents' undertaking to execute the Letter of Award
Subjects
- public interest litigation
- Letter of Award
- cause of action
- infructuous petition
- execution of work order
Judgment
7-PIL.53.2026.doc
Salunke
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
JAYANT
Digitally
signed by
JAYANT
VISHWANATH
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 53 OF 2026
VISHWANATH SALUNKE
SALUNKE Date:
2026.09.11
20:46:09
+0530
Pandurang Govind Tirthe } Petitioner
Versus
State of Maharashtra & Ors. } Respondents
Mr. Prajit S. Sahane with Mr. D. Yeram, Advocates for
the Petitioner.
Ms. Neha S. Bhide, Government Pleader with Mr. O. A.
Chandurkar, Additional Government Pleader and Ms. G.
R. Raghuwanshi, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2.
Mr. Aniruddha Garge, Advocate for Respondent No. 3.
CORAM : MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, CJ. &
ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.
DATE : 11th SEPTEMBER, 2026
P.C.:
1. Mr. Aniruddha Garge, the learned Counsel for Respondent
No.3 (Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation), submits, on
instructions received by him through Email, that the Respondent
authorities are inclined to execute the Letter of Award (LoA) dated
5th December 2025. He tenders a copy of the Letter of Award dated
5th December 2025, which is taken on record.
2. In view of the categorical statement made by the learned
counsel for Respondent No. 3, we find that no cause of action
survives. The Writ Petition is disposed of as infructuous.
3. We expect the Letter of Award/Work Order to be executed
within three months from today.
[ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.] [CHIEF JUSTICE]
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