Bombay High Court

LOKMAT MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERSversusSUDHIR ANANDRAO LANKE

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The court held that a writ petition may be dismissed as withdrawn when the petitioners seek leave to withdraw and have an alternative remedy pending.

Summary

Lokmat Media Private Limited and others filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. The petitioners later approached the court seeking leave to withdraw the writ petition, stating that they had already filed a Civil Revision Application as the appropriate remedy. The court examined the petitioners' request to withdraw and considered the existence of an alternative remedy. No merits of the original writ petition were addressed. Consequently, the court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn when the petitioners have filed a Civil Revision Application as the appropriate remedy

Subjects

writ petition
withdrawal
civil revision
procedure
high court

Judgment

                                     1        1wp12729.26 production.odt

             IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                        BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                   1 WRIT PETITION NO. 12729 OF 2026

             LOKMAT MEDIA PRIVATE LIMITED AND OTHERS
                                    VERSUS
                         SUDHIR ANANDRAO LANKE
                                       ...
     Advocate for the Petitioners : Ms. Abilasha Shinde h/f Mr. Sachin V.
                                     Dankh
           Advocate for Respondent : Mr. Anirudha A. Nimbalkar
                                       ...



                           CORAM : MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.

                           DATE      : 23.09.2026.


PER COURT :

1.            The learned Advocate for the Petitioners, on instructions,

seeks leave to withdraw the present Writ Petition. The petitioners have

already file the Civil Revision Application, which is the proper remedy

available for the petitioners.



2.            The Writ Petition is dismissed as withdrawn.



                                     ( MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J. )




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