Bombay High Court

SHAIKH SHAKIR ABDUL SATTARversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court granted the petitioner liberty to file a Public Interest Litigation and disposed of the writ petition.

Summary

The petitioner, Shaikh Shakir Abdul Sattar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging an action of the State of Maharashtra. The petition was presented by Ms. Nishat Shaikh, Advocate, on behalf of the petitioner. The respondents were represented by Mr. S. K. Tambe, Additional Government Pleader. The Court, after considering the petition, decided that the appropriate remedy lay in a Public Interest Litigation rather than the present writ petition. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition and granted the petitioner liberty to file a PIL. No substantive discussion of facts or legal arguments was recorded in the excerpt.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner should be permitted to withdraw the present writ petition and be granted liberty to file a Public Interest Litigation.

Subjects

writ petition
public interest litigation
liberty to file
high court
jurisdiction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37862-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 10225 OF 2026

                                 SHAIKH SHAKIR ABDUL SATTAR
                                            VERSUS
                STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND
                                            OTHERS
                                              ...
              Ms. Nishat Shaikh, Advocate h/f Mr. Sayyed Tauseef Yaseen,
              Advocate for the Petitioner
              Mr. S. K. Tambe, AGP for Respondents/State
                                              ...

                                        CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                         DATE : 19th AUGUST, 2026

              PER COURT :

              .            The writ petition is disposed of by granting liberty to the

              petitioner to file Public Interest Litigation.



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




              SVH

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