Bombay High Court
RAMSWARUP CHANDRABHAN AHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The Court directed Respondent No.2 to decide the pending revision petition within four months, accepting the respondent's undertaking.
Summary
Petitioner Ram Swarup Chandrabh an Aher filed a writ petition seeking a direction to Respondent No.2 to decide a pending revision petition within three months. The respondent's Attorney General pleaded and waived notice, stating that the revision petition would be decided within four months, which the Court accepted as an undertaking. The Court, noting the pending nature of the revision petition, directed Respondent No.2 to decide it within four months. No substantive merits of the revision petition were addressed; the order merely set a time‑frame. The writ petition was disposed of after the direction was issued.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can issue a direction fixing a time‑limit for a respondent to decide a pending revision petition
Subjects
- writ petition
- revision petition
- direction
- time limit
- high court order
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:690-DB
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
4 WRIT PETITION NO.274 OF 2026
RAMSWARUP CHANDRABHAN AHER
VERSUS
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
...
Mr. A.K. Gawali, Advocate for petitioner
Mr. S.B. Narwade, AGP for respondent Nos.1 to 5
...
CORAM : SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI &
HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
DATE : 08th JANUARY, 2026
ORDER :
. Present petition has been filed for directions to respondent No.2
to decide Revision Petition within a period of three months.
2 Learned AGP waives notice for respondent Nos.1 to 5. Since the
matter is pending before respondent No.2, upon instructions, learned AGP
submits that the said Revision Petition would be decided within a period of
four months. We take the said statement as undertaking and dispose of the
writ petition by directing respondent No.2 to decide the said Revision Petition
within a period of four months.
( HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J. ) ( SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, J. )
agd
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