Bombay High Court
KRISHNA DNYANU SUTARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. ADDL. CHIEF SECRETARY AND ORS.
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous because a departmental inquiry had already been commenced.
Summary
Krishna Dnyanu Sutar filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the petition had become infructuous because a departmental inquiry had already been initiated. The Court held that the commencement of the departmental inquiry rendered the petition moot and therefore dismissed it as infructuous. No further applications were entertained. The petition was consequently disposed of without any substantive adjudication on the merits.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of the commencement of a departmental inquiry on the continuance of a writ petition?
Subjects
- writ petition
- departmental inquiry
- infructuous
- civil appellate jurisdiction
- Bombay High Court
Judgment
2026:BHC-KOL:9056-DB
7-WP-12611-2025.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 12611 OF 2025
Krishna Dnyanu Sutar ...Petitioner
Versus
The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Addl. Chief Secretary ...Respondents
And Ors.
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Mr. Utkarsh Desai i/b Mr. Prashant Bhavake, for the Petitioner.
Ms. Tejas Kapre, AGP for the Respondent-State.
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Coram : SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH &
NEERAJ P. DHOTE, JJ.
Date : SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
P. C. :
1. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petition has
been rendered infructuous, as departmental inquiry has commenced.
The Petition is disposed of as infructuous.
2. Applications, if any, do not survive for consideration and stand
disposed of.
[NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J.] [SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.]
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