Bombay High Court

SHIVJYOTI SWAYAM ROJGAAR SANSTHA DHULE THROUGH CHAIRMAN GAUTAM SANTOSH PARERAOversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI VAISHALI PATIL JADHAV

Holding

A writ petition that becomes infructuous due to the passage of time is to be dismissed.

Summary

The petitioner, Shivjyoti Swayam Rojgaar Sanstha Dhule, filed writ petition No. 13342 of 2019 before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petition remained pending for several years, and by the time of hearing in March 2026, the petitioner’s counsel submitted that the petition had become infructuous due to the efflux of time. The Court examined the submission and found no merit in continuing the proceedings as the delay had rendered the relief sought moot. Consequently, the Court disposed of the petition as infructuous. No substantive merits of the underlying claim were addressed, and the petition was dismissed without any order on the substantive issues.

Issues considered

What is the effect of undue delay on the maintainability of a writ petition?

Subjects

writ petition
delay
infructuous
procedural law
jurisdiction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:11902-DB

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                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD.

                               922 WRIT PETITION NO. 13342 OF 2019

               Shivjyoti Swayam Rojgaar Sanstha Dhule
               Through Chairman Gautam Santosh Parerao                   ..Petitioner

                     Versus

               The State of Maharashtra and Others                ..Respondents
                                                  …..
               Ms. A. V. Sagar h/f. Shri. Prakash S. Paranjape, Advocate for the
               Petitioner
               Shri. A. V. Lavte, AGP for Respondent – State.
                                               …..

                                           CORAM :      N. B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                        VAISHALI PATIL – JADHAV, JJ.
                                           Dated     : MARCH 18, 2026

               PER COURT :-

               .     Learned Advocate for the Petitioner submits that by the efflux of
               time, the Petition is rendered infructuous.


               2.    In view of the above submission, the Petition is disposed of as
               infructuous.




               (VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV, J.)                   (N. B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)


               GGP

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