Bombay High Court

SUBHASH YOGRAJ SAWANTversusTHE STATE OFMAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court allowed the withdrawal of all the writ petitions and disposed of them as withdrawn.

Summary

A group of petitioners filed several writ petitions (Nos. 11961, 11990, 11991, 12015, 12028, 12030, 12037, 12068 of 2021) in the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. Subsequently, through their counsel, they submitted written instructions on 6 July 2026 seeking to withdraw all the petitions. The Court, after noting the written instructions, granted leave to withdraw the petitions. The petitions were therefore disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the original claims were considered.

Issues considered

Whether a court may permit the withdrawal of pending writ petitions on the petitioners' written request

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petition
high court procedure
court discretion

Judgment

                    (1)                     501-WP-11961-2021




IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
           BENCH AT AURANGABAD
    901 WRIT PETITION NO. 11961 OF 2021
          Sanjeevani Sukhdeo Bodade
                    VERSUS
      The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                      AND
    902 WRIT PETITION NO. 11990 OF 2021
              Kiran Shaligram Patil
                    VERSUS
      The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                      AND
    903 WRIT PETITION NO. 11991 OF 2021
             Subodh Lilachand Patil
                    VERSUS
      The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                      AND
    904 WRIT PETITION NO. 12015 OF 2021
           Rajendra Shriram Thigale
                    VERSUS
      The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                     AND
    905 WRIT PETITION NO. 12028 OF 2021
            Subhash Yograj Sawant
                   VERSUS
      The State Ofmaharashtra And Others
                    AND
    906 WRIT PETITION NO. 12030 OF 2021
              Yogesh Rajaram Patil
                    VERSUS
      The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                     AND
    907 WRIT PETITION NO. 12037 OF 2021
                                            (2)                   501-WP-11961-2021




                               Baburao Pandurang More
                                       VERSUS
                         The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                        AND
                       908 WRIT PETITION NO. 12068 OF 2021
                                 Vinod Pitambar Patil
                                       VERSUS
                         The State Of Maharashtra And Others
Mr. Harish S. Bali, Advocate for the petitioners in all petitions.
Mr. K. N. Lokhande, AGP for Respondent-State.
                                        CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT &
                                                   JITENDRA JAIN, JJ.

                                        DATE      : 09th SEPTEMBER 2026.

PC :-
1.           Learned Advocate for the petitioner in all these writ petitions, on

written instructions from the petitioners, seeks leave to withdraw all

these writ petitions. Communications dated 06/07/2026 are taken on

record and marked “X” for identification in each of the petitions.

2.           Leave granted as prayed for.

3.           In view of written instructions, writ petitions stand disposed off as

withdrawn.


     [JITENDRA JAIN, J.]                           [KISHORE C. SANT, J.]
D.A.ETHAPE

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