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Bombay High Court

RAVINDRA SHESHERAO RATHODKARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND ANOTHER

Disposal
DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The court held that the petitioner may withdraw the writ petition upon granting of leave.

Summary

The petitioner, Ravindra Shesherao Rathodkar, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. After the hearing had commenced, the petitioner, through his counsel, sought leave to withdraw the petition. The court considered the request and, upon oral instructions from the petitioner, granted leave to withdraw. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the petition were adjudicated.

Issues considered

  • Whether the petitioner may be permitted to withdraw the writ petition after the hearing has commenced.

Subjects

  • writ petition
  • withdrawal
  • high court
  • procedural law

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:3644-DB

                                                                        911-WP-14559-25.odt
                                                {1}

                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                    BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              911 WRIT PETITION NO. 14559 OF 2025

                              Ravindra Shesherao Rathodkar
                                         VERSUS
            The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Another

                                                ......
            Mr. S.S. Kazi, Advocate for Petitioner
            Ms. Neha B. Kamble, AGP for Respondents-State
                                                ......

                                             CORAM : SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI AND
                                                     HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
                                              DATE    : 28 JANUARY, 2026

            PER COURT :-

            1.         After hearing the learned advocate for the petitioner for some

            time when the disinclination is shown, upon the oral instructions from

            the petitioner, learned Advocate for the petitioner seeks leave to

            withdraw the petition. petition.


            2.         Leave granted.


            3.         The writ petition stands disposed of as withdrawn.




            [ HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR ]                     [ SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI ]
                         JUDGE                                     JUDGE


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