Bombay High Court
USHA ASHOK CHOWDHARYversusLONAVALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed off as Withdrawn
Holding
The petition is dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty granted to the petitioner to pursue other proceedings as per law.
Summary
The petitioner, Smt. Usha Ashok Chowdhary, filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court and later sought leave to withdraw the petition in order to pursue other legal remedies. The court considered whether the petition could be withdrawn at the petitioner's request. It allowed the withdrawal, dismissing the petition as withdrawn and granting the petitioner liberty to file appropriate proceedings thereafter. No substantive observations were made regarding the existence or nature of any alternative remedy. All contentions of the parties were left open for future proceedings.
Issues considered
- Whether a writ petition filed in the High Court can be withdrawn by the petitioner at his/her request
Subjects
- withdrawal of writ petition
- high court
- civil appellate jurisdiction
- petition dismissed
- liberty to file other proceedings
Judgment
Gitalaxmi 5-WP-16581-2024.docx
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 16581 OF 2024
SMT. USHA ASHOK CHOWDHARY ...PETITIONER
Versus
LONAVALA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND OTHERS....RESPONDENTS
Mr. Dushyant S. Pagare a/w Mr. Ram Aapte, learned counsel
for the Petitioner.
Petitioner is present in the Court.
Mr. Aniruddha A. Garge a/w Mr. Yesh Gangal, learned counsel
for Respondent No. 1.
Mr. Anil Anturkar, Sr. Advocate a/w Ms. Jeenal Upadhyay, Mr.
Harshvardhan Suryavanshi & Mr. Aditya Upadhyay, learned
counsel for Respondent No. 3.
Y. D. Patil, learned AGP for the State-Respondent.
CORAM : ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J.
DATE : 28th SEPTEMBER, 2026.
Per Court :
1. Petitioner is present in the Court.
2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties.
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3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner, on instructions, seeks
leave to withdraw the present Petition to adopt such proceedings as
are available in law.
4. Dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for, however
this Court has not observed anything on existence of any remedy.
5. If such proceedings are filed, it would be decided in
accordance with law.
6. All contentions of the parties are left open.
[ ARUN R. PEDNEKER, J. ]
Digitally signed
by GITALAXMI
GITALAXMI KRISHNA
KRISHNA KOTAWADEKAR
KOTAWADEKAR Date:
2026.09.30
17:51:19 +0530
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