Bombay High Court

ASHOK M KHANDEKARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR MINISTRY OF REVENUE AND ORS

Decided: 22 June 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: N JAMADAR

Holding

The Court allowed the petition to be withdrawn and dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn.

Summary

Ashok M Khandekar filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging an order of the State of Maharashtra. During hearing, the petitioner’s counsel sought permission to withdraw the petition and to raise the same issue before the appropriate authority later. The Court, after hearing the counsel, granted leave to withdraw the petition. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed as withdrawn. No substantive merits of the dispute were addressed.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition may be withdrawn after filing and with what liberty the court may permit such withdrawal.

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petition
civil appellate jurisdiction
procedural law
High Court of Bombay

Judgment

                                                      8-WP-1843-2026.DOC

        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                 WRIT PETITION NO. 1843 OF 2026


Ashok M Khandekar                                       ..Petitioner

        Versus

The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                     …Respondents

Mr. Bharat Gadhavi a/w Mr. Aniket Shitole & Mr. Sarvesh
     Deshpande, for the Petitioner.

Mr. A C Bhadang, AGP for Respondent - State.

                            CORAM:         N. J. JAMADAR, J.
                            DATE :         22nd JUNE 2026


P.C.:

1.      Heard the learned Counsel for the petitioner.

2.      Mr. Gadhavi, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, on

instructions, seeks leave to withdraw the petition with liberty to

assail the impugned order before the appropriate authority.

3.      Leave granted with liberty as prayed for.

4.      The Writ Petition stands dismissed as withdrawn.



                                            [N. J. JAMADAR, J.]




SAINATH, PA                          1/1

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