VASANT HARISHCHANDRA PATIL THRU HIS LEGAL REPRESENTATIVEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRU MINISTRY AND ORS

                              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                              CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                              WRIT PETITION NO.11156 OF 2026
                         Vasant Harishchandra Patil,
                         Through LR : Smt. Dipti Vasant Patil                         .. Petitioners
                                        Vs.
                         The State of Maharashtra,
                         Through Revenue and Forest Department & Ors.                 .. Respondents


                         Mr. Ashutosh M. Kulkarni with Mr. Sachin K. Hande and Ms. Poonam
                         K. Pal, Advocates for the Petitioners.
                         Ms. Kavita N. Solunke, Additional Government Pleader with Smt. P.J.
                         Gavhane, AGP for the Respondent-State of Maharashtra.
                         Ms. Priyanka Patil (through V.C.), AGP for Respondent No.7.


                                                CORAM :          SUMAN SHYAM &
                                                                 GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, JJ.

                                                DATE       :     5th October, 2026.

                                                                 [ THROUGH HYBRID HEARING ]

                         P.C. :


                         1.       Heard Mr. Kulkarni, learned counsel for the Petitioner. Also heard

                         Ms. Kavita Solunke, learned Additional Government Pleader appearing

                         for Respondent Nos.1 to 6 and Ms. Priyanka Patil, learned counsel

                         appearing for Respondent No.7.


                         2.       The Petitioners have approached this Court primarily being

                         aggrieved due to non-consideration of their Revision Application dated


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29th June, 2026 pending before the Hon’ble Minister (Revenue),

Government of Maharashtra against the order dated 9th June, 2026 passed

by the learned Additional Divisional Commissioner, Konkan Division in

Revision Application No. Appeal/Desk/RTS/Rev./306/2025. Taking note

of the apprehension expressed by the Petitioners that during the

pendency of the Revision Application, the jurisdictional Tahsildar may

alter the Revenue records, this Court has passed an ad-interim order

dated 7th September, 2026 in terms of prayer clause (c) in the Writ

Petition, which is holding the field till today.


3.      When the matter is called out today, Ms. Kavita Solunke, learned

Additional Government Pleader submits, on instructions, that within four

weeks from today the Revision Application filed by the Petitioners

would be heard and decided finally by the Hon’ble Minister (Revenue).

In that view of the matter, we do not find justifiable ground to keep this

Writ Petition pending before this Court any further.


4.      At this stage, Mr. Kulkarni submits that until such time the

Revision Application is disposed of, interest of the Petitioner be

protected by continuing the ad-interim order dated 7th September, 2026.


5.      Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, we dispose of the

Writ Petition by granting four weeks time to the concerned Authority to

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consider the Revision Application and pass a final order therein after

giving adequate opportunity of hearing to the Petitioners. Until such time

the final order is passed in the Revision Application, we continue the ad-

interim order dated 7th September, 2026 passed by this Court directing

maintenance of status-quo with regard to the revenue records.


6.      Writ Petition stands disposed of.




[ GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J. ]                       [ SUMAN SHYAM, J. ]




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