Bombay High Court

ASHOK YASHWANTRAO MOREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRU SECRETARY AND ORS

Decided: 11 September 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The Court directs the Joint Charity Commissioner, Nashik to decide Appeal No. 002/70/2020 within six months of the order.

Summary

Petitioner Ashok Yashwantrao More filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Joint Charity Commissioner, Nashik, to decide Appeal No. 002/70/2020 expeditiously. The petition specifically requested that the appeal be decided within six months of the court's order. The Court noted that it would not examine the merits of the underlying appeal but focused on the need for a time‑bound decision. Accordingly, the Court ordered the Joint Charity Commissioner to decide the appeal as soon as possible, preferably within six months from the communication of the order. The petition was thereafter disposed.

Issues considered

Whether the Court should direct the Joint Charity Commissioner, Nashik to decide Appeal No. 002/70/2020 within a specified time‑frame

Subjects

Writ petition
Administrative delay
Charity Commissioner
Expeditious disposal
Public interest litigation

Judgment

                                                                              14-WP-11867-2026.DOC

                                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                           CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                         WRIT PETITION NO. 11867 OF 2026

                      Ashok Yashwantrao More                                       ..Petitioner
                            Versus
                      The State of Maharashtra Through Secretary and           …Respondents
                      Ors

                      Mr. Amir Sayyed, with Teena Kapoor and Vinayak Pandit, i/b Ajinkya
                             Udane, for the Petitioner.
                      Mr. Y. S. Khochare, ‘B’ Panel Counsel for the Respondent-State.

                                                    CORAM:         N. J. JAMADAR, J.
                                                    DATE :         11th SEPTEMBER 2026


                      P.C.:

                      1.      Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner.

                      2.      The limited prayer in this Petition is to direct the learned Joint

                      Charity Commissioner, Nashik, to decide the Appeal No. 002/70/2020

                      within a time-frame.

                      3.      Without    delving into the correctness of the assertions in the

                      Petition, since the underlying change is stated to be of the year 2011,
ARUN
RAMCHANDRA
SANKPAL               the learned Joint Charity Commissioner, Nashik is requested to decide
Digitally signed by
ARUN RAMCHANDRA
SANKPAL
Date: 2026.09.11
19:21:09 +0530        the Appeal No.002/70/2020, as expeditiously as possible and,

                      preferably, within a period of six months from the communication of

                      this order.

                      4.      Petition disposed.

                                                                     [N. J. JAMADAR, J.]

                      ARS                                    1/1

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