Bombay High Court

AKASH UTTAM KANDALEversusSOLAPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION THR. ITS MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER AND ORS.

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The petition was dismissed because the contracted drainage work was completed, leaving no matter for the court to consider.

Summary

The petitioner challenged a tender floated on 17 April 2025 by the Solapur Municipal Corporation for laying a drainage line. No interim orders were made, and the tender proceeded to its conclusion. The respondent who was the successful bidder submitted that the entire work has been completed. Since the work is finished, the court found that there was nothing left to adjudicate. Consequently, the petition was dismissed as there was no surviving issue for consideration.

Issues considered

The legality and propriety of the tender floated by the municipal corporation
Whether the petition remains maintainable after the completion of the contracted work

Subjects

tender
public procurement
municipal corporation
drainage works
writ petition
disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-KOL:9627-DB

908-WP-11268-2025.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 11268 OF 2025
Akash Uttam Kandale ...Petitioner
Versus
Solapur Municipal Corporation Thr. Its Municipal ...Respondents
Commissioner And Others
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Mr. Pradeep Salgar, for the Petitioner.
Mr. R.S.Alange, for the Respondent No. 1.
Mr. Prasad Kulkarni, for the Respondent No. 4.
Ms. Tejas Kapre, AGP for the Respondent-State.
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Coram : SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH &
NEERAJ P. DHOTE, JJ.
Date : OCTOBER 06, 2026
P. C. :

1. By the present Petition, the challenge is to the tender floated on
17th April, 2025. There are no interim orders passed in the present
Petition and considering that the tender was floated in the year 2025,
the same would have been taken to its logical end. The tender was for
laying of drainage line.
2. Learned counsel for the Respondent No. 4, who is the successful
bidder submits that the entire work is completed. In view thereof, the
Petition stands disposed of, as nothing survives for consideration.
3. Applications, if any, do not survive for consideration and stand
disposed of.

[NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J.] [SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.]

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