Bombay High Court

ARUN RAMKRISHNA PATILversusTHE SARVODAY SAHAKARI PATPEDHI LTD. AND ORS

Decided: 23 January 2026
Disposal: Allowed To be withdrawn
Bench: A S GADKARI SHYAM C CHANDAK

Holding

The petition is withdrawn with liberty to file an RTI application under the Right to Information Act, 2005.

Summary

The petitioner, Arun Ramkrishna Patil, filed a civil writ petition seeking certain reliefs. The petitioner’s counsel later requested leave to withdraw the petition and instead file an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005 to obtain the information originally sought. The Court considered whether such withdrawal with liberty to pursue an RTI application was permissible. It found no impediment to allowing the withdrawal and granting the requested liberty. Consequently, the petition was formally withdrawn and the petitioner was permitted to file the RTI application. No substantive merits of the original petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may be allowed to withdraw the civil writ petition and be granted liberty to file an application under the Right to Information Act, 2005

Legislation cited

Right to Information Act, 2005

Subjects

Right to Information
petition withdrawal
civil writ petition
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

                      P. H. Jayani                                                06 WP13486.2024.doc


                                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                             CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                        CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 13486 OF 2024

                      Arun Ramkrishna Patil                            …. Petitioner
                           v/s.
                      The Sarvoday Sahakari Patpedhi Ltd.,
                      Mumbai and Ors.                                  …. Respondents
                                       ________________________________

                      Ms. Shweta R. Rathod a/w. Adv. Ieecha Pokale i/b. Elixir Legal Services for
                      the Petitioner.
                      Shri. B.V. Samant, AGP a/w. Smt. G.R. Raghuwanshi, AGP for the
                      Respondent – State.
                                          ________________________________

                                                        CORAM: A.S. GADKARI AND
                                                               SHYAM C. CHANDAK, JJ.

                                                        DATED : 23rd JANUARY, 2026.

                      P. C. :-

                      1)             Learned Advocate for the Petitioner, on instructions seeks leave

                      to withdraw Petition with liberty to file an Application under the provisions

                      of Right to Information Act, 2005 with the Respondent No.1 for seeking

                      information as prayed for in prayer clause (a) of the Petition.

                      1.1)           Leave and liberty, granted.

                      2)             Disposed off as withdrawn with aforesaid liberty.



                             (SHYAM C. CHANDAK, J.)                       (A.S. GADKARI, J.)


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  HEERO
  JAYANI
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Date: 2026.02.03
15:22:32 +0530
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