Bombay High Court

LAXMAN ASARAM KALASKAR AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THR PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The High Court ordered the arbitrator/respondent No.5 to decide the pending application within eight weeks, thereby disposing of the writ petition.

Summary

Petitioners Laxman Asaram Kalaskar and another filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. The petition raised the issue of an arbitrator's appointment and the pending application filed on 06.10.2023. The court, after being informed that an arbitrator had been appointed, directed the arbitrator/respondent No.5 to decide the pending application on its merits within eight weeks of receiving the order. No substantive merits of the petition were addressed; the court merely ordered the arbitrator to proceed. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can direct an appointed arbitrator to decide a pending application within a specified time

Subjects

Arbitration
Writ Petition
High Court
Appointment of Arbitrator
Procedural Direction
Disposal of Petition

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:43272-DB


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                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                       BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                135 WRIT PETITION NO.10202 OF 2026

                                Laxman Asaram Kalaskar And Another
                                              VERSUS
                    The State Of Maharashtra Thr Principal Secretary And Others
                                                …..
                     Shri. Nitin Trimbak Tribhuwan, Advocate for the Petitioners
                       Ms. Neha B. Kamble, AGP for the Respondent - State.
                                                …..

                                      CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI &
                                              ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                      DATE : 22nd SEPTEMBER 2026

                P. C. :-

                .          Learned AGP, on instructions, states that Arbitrator is
                appointed.

                2.         In view of the appointment of the Arbitrator, the Writ
                Petition is disposed of by directing the Arbitrator / Respondent
                No.5 to decide pending Application of the Petitioner filed on
                06.10.2023 on its own merits within a period of eight (8) weeks
                from the date of receipt of copy of this order.




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


                GGP

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