Bombay High Court

AJAY GOVINDRAO SURYWANSHIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

The Court directed the State to decide the petitioner’s pending application dated 16‑12‑2020 within eight weeks on its merits after hearing the parties.

Summary

The petitioner, Ajay Govindrao Surywanshi, filed a civil application (No.336 of 2024) and a writ petition (No.12304/2022) seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. The civil application was allowed in accordance with prayer clauses B and C, though the judgment does not detail the specific relief granted. In the writ petition, the petitioner argued that the State had failed to decide an earlier application dated 16 December 2020. The Court, after hearing counsel for both sides, directed Respondent No.2 (the State) to decide that pending application on its merits within eight weeks, provided it had not already been decided. The direction was to be made after hearing the concerned parties. The writ petition was consequently disposed with the said directive.

Issues considered

What relief, if any, is the petitioner entitled to from the State regarding the pending application dated 16-12-2020?
Whether the State is obligated to decide the pending application within a specified time frame.

Subjects

civil application
writ petition
direction to State
administrative law
procedural compliance

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:27856-DB
                                             1                          42.CA.336.24.odt

                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 336 OF 2024
                                      IN WP/12304/2022

                                                 WITH

                                   WRIT PETITION NO.12304/2022

                               AJAY GOVINDRAO SURYWANSHI
                                         VERSUS
                           THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH
                                THE SECRETARY AND OTHERS

                                                 ...
                        Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Mukulanand R. Wagh
                          AGP for Respondents/State : Mr. N.D. Batule
                                                …

                                    CORAM         : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                    ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.


                                    DATE          : 10.07.2026

             PER COURT:

             Civil Application No.336 of 2024 :-

             1.           Heard.

             2.           For the reasons stated in the application, the same is

             allowed in terms of prayer Clauses ‘B’ and ‘C’.

             Writ Petition No.12304/2022 :-

             3.           Heard learned advocate for the petitioner, learned AGP for

             the State. The writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent

             No.2 to decide the application of the petitioner dated 16.12.2020, if

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                               2                       42.CA.336.24.odt

not already decided, within eight (8) weeks, on its own merits and

after hearing the concerned.




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




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