Bombay High Court

SURUCHEE D/O MADHUSUDHANSINGH CHOUHANversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME

Decided: 27 August 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The Court disposed of the writ petition as withdrawn on the petitioner’s request, and the pending interim application was also dismissed.

Summary

The petitioner, Suruchee, appeared for the Judicial Examination of 2022 and 2023. A Supreme Court order dated 19.08.2026 in the case of Pratikraj Rajendrakumar Hamand & Ors. v. Nikita Deepakrao More & Ors. granted her the benefits and deemed her selected. Consequently, she filed a writ petition seeking selection in the 2023 process but later moved to withdraw the petition. The Court considered whether the petition could be withdrawn and the effect on the pending interim application. It ordered that the writ petition be disposed of as withdrawn and that the interim application stand disposed. The decision effectively closed the matter in favor of the petitioner’s request.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioner may withdraw the writ petition seeking selection after being deemed selected by a Supreme Court order
Whether the pending interim application survives the withdrawal of the main petition

Subjects

Judicial Examination
Selection
Withdrawal of Petition
Writ Petition
Supreme Court Order

Judgment

TRUPTI
SADANAND
BAMNE
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TRUPTI SADANAND
BAMNE
Date: 2026.08.28
17:03:42 +0530

                              IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                      CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                     WRIT PETITION NO. 16781 OF 2023
                                                 WITH
                                  INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 12254 OF 2024
                                                  IN
                                     WRIT PETITION NO. 16781 OF 2023

                      Suruchee d/o. Madhusudhansingh Chouhan           … Petitioner
                             versus
                      State of Maharashtra & Ors.                      … Respondents

                                                       ……
                      Dr.Uday P. Warunjikar with Mr.Sumit Kate i/b. Mr.Piyush Pande for the
                      Petitioner.

                      Mrs.Neha S. Bhide, Government Pleader with Mr.B.V.Samant, Addl.GP,
                      Mr.O.A.Chandurkar, Addl.GP and Mrs.Pooja C. Patil, AGP for the
                      Respondent -State.

                                                       …...

                                         CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, ACJ
                                                     &
                                                 GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.


                                          DATE    : 27 AUGUST, 2026

                      P.C.:

                      1.          The Petitioner had appeared for the Judicial Examination of

                      2022, as well as 2023. In the light of the order of the Hon’ble Supreme

                      Court dated 19.08.2026 passed in Pratikraj Rajendrakumar Hamand &


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Ors. Versus Nikita Deepakrao More & Ors. 1, the Petitioner has received

the benefits and is now deemed to have been selected. Therefore, the

present Petition seeking selection in the 2023 selection process would

not survive, and the Petitioner seeks liberty to withdraw this Petition, is

the contention of the learned Counsel for the Petitioner.



2.               In view of the above, this Writ Petition is disposed off as

withdrawn, on instructions.


3.               Pending Interim Application would not survive and stands

disposed off.




(GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.)                         (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE)




1    Civil Appeal No. 011271-011272/2026

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