Bombay High Court
BEST JAGRUT KAMGAR SANGHATAN AND ANRversusTHE GENERAL MANAGER, BEST UNDERTAKING
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed To be withdrawn
Holding
The petition is withdrawn and the writ petition is disposed of.
Summary
The petitioners, BEST Jagrut Kamgar Sanghatan and another, filed a writ petition challenging an action concerning a workman employed by the respondent, BEST Undertaking. During the hearing, counsel for the petitioners informed the court that the workman had superannuated on 1 September 2025. Consequently, the petitioners sought to withdraw the writ petition. The court considered the request and found no impediment to allowing the withdrawal. Accordingly, the writ petition was permitted to be withdrawn and the matter was disposed of. No substantive adjudication on the merits was made.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition should be dismissed on account of the workman's superannuation
- Whether the court may permit withdrawal of a writ petition after filing
Subjects
- superannuation
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- labour law
- BEST
Judgment
Vaishnavi 903-WP-10777-2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 10777 OF 2026
BEST jagrut kamgar sanghatan
and Anr. ...Petitioners
V/s.
The General Manager, BEST
Undertaking ...Respondent
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Mr. Shailesh S. Pathak, for Petitioner.
Ms. Heena Shaikh i/b M. V. Kini and Co., for Respondent/BEST.
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CORAM: SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.
DATED: 20 AUGUST 2026
P.C.:
1) Heard Mr. Pathak, the learned counsel appearing for the
petitioner. On instructions, he submits that the concerned workman has
superannuated on 1 September 2025. Accordingly, prayer is made for
withdrawal of the Petition.
2) The Writ Petition is permitted to be withdrawn and disposed of.
[SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.]
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20 August 2026
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