Bombay High Court

BHARAT BABULAL SANGHAVI AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS SECRETARY AND ANR

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court held that the District Collector must decide the petitioners' representation on its merits within eight weeks.

Summary

Bharat Babulal Sanghavi and others filed a writ petition against the State of Maharashtra seeking relief concerning a representation they had submitted on 04.04.2026. The petitioners claimed that the District Collector had not yet decided their representation. They approached the High Court for a direction to compel the Collector to act. The Court examined the petition and found no legal barrier to ordering the Collector to consider the representation. Consequently, the Court directed the District Collector to decide the representation on its merits within eight weeks of receiving the order. The petition was thereafter disposed.

Issues considered

Whether the District Collector should be directed to decide the petitioners' representation dated 04.04.2026 on its merits within a specified time

Subjects

writ petition
representation
district collector
administrative law
court direction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:46072-DB


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                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                       BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                 33 WRIT PETITION NO.12757 OF 2026

                                  Bharat Babulal Sanghavi And Ors
                                              VERSUS
                         The State of Maharashtra Thr Its Secretary And Anr
                                                 …..
                        Shri. Suvidh S. Kulkarni, Advocate for the Petitioners
                        Ms. Neha B. Kamble, AGP for the Respondent – State.
                                                 …..

                                      CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI &
                                              ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                      DATE : 29th SEPTEMBER 2026

                P. C. :-

                .          The Writ Petition is disposed of by directing Respondent

                No.2 – District Collector to decide Representation of the

                Petitioner dated 04.04.2026 on merits, within a period of

                eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order.




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


                GGP

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