Bombay High Court

NANDINI KERBA SURWASEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous because the claim has already been decided by the respondent/committee.

Summary

Nandini Kerba Surwase filed a writ petition (No. 10401 of 2026) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging the State of Maharashtra. During the pendency of the petition, the petitioner learned that the substantive claim she raised had already been decided by the respondent's committee. The court noted that the decision of the committee rendered the petition's relief claim moot. Consequently, the court held that the petition had become infructuous. The judges ordered the petition to be disposed of on this basis. No substantive merits of the original claim were examined as the matter was already resolved elsewhere.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate disposition of a writ petition when the underlying claim has already been decided by the respondent's committee?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
petition disposed
High Court
jurisdiction

Judgment

                                         (1)                  929-WP-10401-2026




                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                            BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                       929 WRIT PETITION NO. 10401 OF 2026

                         Nandini Kerba Surwase
                               VERSUS
        The State Of Maharashtra Through Secretary And Another
                                   ...
Mr. Deepak D. Choudhari, Advocate for the Petitioner.
Mr. R. S. Wani, AGP for Respondent-State..

                                       CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT &
                                                  JITENDRA JAIN, JJ.

                                       DATE     : 20th AUGUST 2026.

PC :-

1.           During the pendency of the petition, it is inform that the claim of

the petitioner is already decided by the respondent/committee.

2.           In view of above, prayer in the present writ petition is now

satisfied. Petition stands disposed off as infructuous.



     [JITENDRA JAIN, J.]                          [KISHORE C. SANT, J.]
D.A.ETHAPE

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