Bombay High Court
VIJAY SHIVRAM DOLASversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS SECRETARY RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPT AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition is dismissed as infructuous.
Summary
The petitioner, Vijay Shivram Dolas, challenged the reservation policy introduced by the Rajgurunagar Municipal Council in October 2025. The petition sought judicial review of the reservation's legality. The Court examined the petition and found it to be infructuous, meaning there was no longer any live controversy to adjudicate. Consequently, the Court disposed of the writ petition without addressing the merits of the reservation policy. The dismissal was based solely on the petition's lack of substance rather than a substantive ruling on the reservation itself.
Issues considered
- Whether the reservation introduced by the Rajgurunagar Municipal Council is subject to judicial scrutiny
Subjects
- reservation
- municipal council
- writ petition
- infructuous
Judgment
28-WP-14909-2025-(C).odt
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Date: 2026.03.04
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
19:37:52 +0530
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 14909 OF 2025
Vijay Shivram Dolas ...Petitioner
Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ...Respondents
Mr. Avadhut Patil a/w Ms. Aditi Naikare, Advocate for the
Petitioner.
Ms. Pooja Patil, AGP for the Respondent/State.
Mr. Vijay Dighe a/w Mr. Aditya Mhaske, Advocate for Respondent
No.5.
CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE
&
ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.
DATE : 4th MARCH, 2026
P.C. :-
1. The learned Advocate for the Petitioner submits, on
instructions, that this Petition pertains to the challenge to the
reservation introduced in the Rajgurunagar Municipal Council as in
October-2025. This matter is rendered infructuous and may be
disposed off.
SUNNY THOTE 1 of 2
28-WP-14909-2025-(C).odt
2. In view of the above, this Writ Petition is disposed off,
as being infructuous.
(ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)
SUNNY THOTE 2 of 2
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