Bombay High Court

SYED SHAHEED UI HAQUE SYED ISHAQUEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

Respondent No.3 must decide the petitioner's representation on its merits within eight weeks of receipt of the order.

Summary

Syed Shaheed Ui Haque Syed Ishaque filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging the inaction of the State of Maharashtra regarding his representation dated 04/11/2025. The petitioners argued that the respondent had failed to consider the representation within a reasonable time. The Court examined whether the respondent was obligated to decide the representation on its merits. The Bench directed Respondent No.3 to decide the representation on its own merit within eight weeks of receiving the order. No substantive merits of the representation were adjudicated; the petition was disposed by this directive.

Issues considered

Whether Respondent No.3 is required to decide the petitioner's representation dated 04/11/2025 on its merits within a reasonable time

Subjects

writ petition
representation
administrative law
high court
direction
Maharashtra

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:40326-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 11118 OF 2026

                           SYED SHAHEED UI HAQUE SYED ISHAQUE
                                           VERSUS
              THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
                                         AND OTHERS
                                              ...
              Mr. Shaikh Shakil U. and Mudassir H. Shaikh, Advocate for the
              Petitioner
              Ms. N. B. Kamble, AGP for Respondents/State
                                              ...

                                          CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                  ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                           DATE : 02nd SEPTEMBER, 2026

              PER COURT :

              .             The writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent

              No.3    to   decide   the    representation   of   the   petitioner    dated

              04/11/2025, if not already decided, on it’s own merit, within a

              period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.



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




              SVH

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