Bombay High Court
RAJEEV KAMALAKAR BHOSALEversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SOCIAL WELFARE COMMISSIONERATE AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed off as Withdrawn
Holding
The writ petition is allowed to be withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.
Summary
The petitioner, Rajeev Kamalakar Bhosale, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra and its Social Welfare Commissionerate. After the petition was filed, counsel for the petitioner sought leave of the court to withdraw the petition, stating it was filed under a misconception and should have been presented before the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal. The court examined whether the petition was filed bonafide and considered the procedural propriety of allowing a withdrawal. It was satisfied that the petition was indeed filed bonafide despite the alleged misconception. Consequently, the court granted the petitioner's request and permitted the withdrawal of the writ petition with liberty as prayed for.
Issues considered
- What is the appropriate forum for the grievance raised by the petitioner?
- Whether a writ petition filed in the High Court can be withdrawn upon the petitioner's request.
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- jurisdiction
- administrative law
- High Court
Judgment
Digitally
signed by 16-WP-10966-2026.doc
RUPALI
RUPALI RAJESH
RAJESH WAKODIKAR
WAKODIKAR Date:
2026.08.28
16:50:01 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
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ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 10966 OF 2026
Rajeev Kamalakar Bhosale ...Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra Thr.
Social Welfare Commissionerate & Ors. ...Respondents
Mr. Sanjay Kshirsagar for the Petitioner.
Mr. R.M.Shinde, A.G.P for the Respondent-State.
CORAM : M. S. KARNIK &
SANDESH D. PATIL JJ.
DATE : 27th AUGUST, 2026
P.C. :
1. Learned Counsel for the petitioner seeks leave of this
Court to withdraw the petition as according to him the petition was
bonafide filed under some misconception. The petition should have
been filed before the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal. We are
satisfied that the petition was filed bonafide.
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16-WP-10966-2026.doc
2. Petition is allowed to be withdrawn with liberty as prayed
for.
(SANDESH D. PATIL, J.) (M. S. KARNIK, J.)
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