Bombay High Court
ZILLA PARISHAD SATARA THR ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERversusASHOK SARJERAO BHUJBAL AND ANR
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The writ petitions were held to be infructuous and were disposed of.
Summary
The Zilla Parishad Satara, through its Chief Executive Officer, filed three writ petitions (Nos. 16617, 16618 and 16624 of 2023) before the Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, challenging actions of various respondents. The petitioners later tendered the final judgment and order dated 31 January 2026 passed by the Industrial Court in each of the proceedings. The High Court examined whether the filing of the Industrial Court’s final orders rendered the writ petitions moot. It held that once a final adjudication is rendered by a competent forum, the pending writ petitions become infructuous. Consequently, the Court disposed of all three writ petitions. No substantive merits of the original disputes were addressed as the matters were already concluded by the Industrial Court.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petitions become infructuous after the final judgment of the Industrial Court?
Subjects
- writ petition
- Industrial Court
- infructuous
- disposal
- Zilla Parishad
- High Court
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
(Sr. No. 904) WRIT PETITION NO. 16617 OF 2023
Digitally
signed by Zilla Parishad Satara Thr Its Chief Executive Officer … Petitioner
UDAY
UDAY SHIVAJI
SHIVAJI JAGTAP Vs.
JAGTAP Date:
2026.09.30
15:34:31
+0530 Anandrao Murlidhar Adhav And Anr … Respondents
AND
(Sr. No. 905) WRIT PETITION NO. 16618 OF 2023
Zilla Parishad Satara Thr Its Chief Executive Officer … Petitioners
And Anr
Vs.
Vijay Suresh Shedage And Anr … Respondents
AND
(Sr. No. 906) WRIT PETITION NO. 16624 OF 2023
Zilla Parishad Satara Thr Its Chief Executive Officer … Petitioner
Vs.
Ashok Sarjerao Bhujbal And Anr … Respondents
………….
Mr. N.G. Kamble i/b Dr. Uday P. Warunjikar for the Petitioners
Mr. J.P. Patil, AGP for the Respondent – State in Sr. Nos. 904 and 905.
Mr. Sanjay D. Rayrikar, AGP for the Respondent – State in Sr. No. 906.
………….
CORAM : SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J.
DATE : 29th SEPTEMBER, 2026.
P. C. :
. Learned counsel for the petitioners tenders on record final
judgment and order passed by the Industrial Court on 31.01.2026 in each
proceedings.
Uday S. Jagtap 1 of 2
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2. The Writ Petitions have become infructuous and the same are
disposed of.
( SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J. )
Uday S. Jagtap 2 of 2
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