Bombay High Court

RAVINDRA SHAM RATHODversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The writ petition is disposed because the petitioner has an alternate efficacious remedy before the Director of Marketing.

Summary

Shri Ravindra Sham Rathod filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging an action of the State of Maharashtra. The petition raised several disputed questions of law and fact. The Court observed that the petitioner had an alternate and efficacious remedy by approaching the Director of Marketing, Maharashtra State. Consequently, the Court held that the writ petition was not the appropriate forum for immediate relief. The petition was therefore disposed, with liberty granted to the petitioner to file an application before the Director of Marketing within one week. The Court directed that the application, if filed, be decided expeditiously and, in any event, within three weeks of filing. No substantive merits of the underlying dispute were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner has an alternate efficacious remedy that bars the writ petition
Whether the High Court can entertain the writ petition despite disputed questions of law and fact

Subjects

Writ petition
Alternative remedy
Administrative law
Director of Marketing
High Court
Disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:40335-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                             WRIT PETITION NO. 11279 OF 2026

                                SHRI. RAVINDRA SHAM RATHOD
                                            VERSUS
              THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
                                         AND OTHERS
                                              ...
              Mr. Aniruddha A. Nimbalkar, Advocate for the Petitioner
              Mr. M. K. Goyanka, AGP for Respondents/State
                                              ...

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

              PER COURT :

              1.           Since this petition raises several disputed questions of

              law and facts and the petitioner has alternate and efficacious

              remedy available of approaching the          Director of marketing,

              Maharashtra State, the writ petition is disposed of with liberty to the

              petitioner to approach the Director of Marketing, Maharashtra State.

              2.           If the petitioner approaches the Director of Marketing

              within a period of one week from today, the application preferred by

              the petitioner shall be decided as expeditiously as possible and in

              any case within a period of three weeks thereafter.



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




              SVH

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