Bombay High Court

RAOSAHEB VITTHALRAO SAVANT AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court directed the respondent to decide on the representation within eight weeks of receipt of the order.

Summary

The petitioners, Raosaheb Vitthalrao Savant and others, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad bench, seeking relief concerning a representation they had submitted on 10 February 2025. They alleged that the respondent State authority had not taken a decision on the representation. The petitioners prayed for a directive that the respondent decide the matter on its merits within a specified period. The Court examined the petition and found no impediment to issuing such a directive. Accordingly, the Court disposed of the petition by ordering respondent No.2 to decide on the representation within eight weeks of receipt of the order. The order was pronounced by Justices Abasaheb D. Shinde and Nitin B. Suryawanshi.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can direct the State authority to decide on the petitioners' representation within a stipulated time

Subjects

writ petition
administrative law
representation
direction
time limit

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:43063-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                             WRIT PETITION NO. 12216 OF 2026

                          RAOSAHEB VITTHALRAO SAVANT AND OTHERS
                                             VERSUS
              THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
                                          AND OTHERS
                                                ...
              Mr. S. N. Rodge, Advocate for the Petitioner
              Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for Respondents/State
                                                ...

                                      CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                              ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                        DATE : 21st SEPTEMBER, 2026

              PER COURT :

              .            The writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent

              No.2 to take decision on the representation of the petitioners dated

              10/02/2025, on it’s own merit, within a period of eight weeks from

              the date of receipt of copy of this order.



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




              SVH

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