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Bombay High Court

MAHARASHTRA RAJYA VANMAJUR, VAN KAMGAR THR. ITS PRESIDENTversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, FOREST DEPARTMENT AND ORS.

Disposal
Allowed To be withdrawn

Holding

The petition is disposed of as withdrawn.

Summary

The Maharashtra Rajya Vanmajur, Van Kamgar (Petitioner) filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court seeking relief, but had already approached the Labour Court on the same matter. The petitioner's counsel requested permission to withdraw the petition. The Court allowed the withdrawal and disposed of the petition as withdrawn, while expressly keeping all rights and contentions of the petitioner open for future litigation. No substantive merits of the case were addressed. The order was pronounced by Judges Sharmila U. Deshmukh and Neeraj P. Dhote.

Issues considered

  • Whether the petitioner may withdraw the writ petition after having approached the Labour Court?

Subjects

  • withdrawal of petition
  • writ petition
  • labour court
  • civil appellate jurisdiction
  • procedural law

Judgment

                                                                                         36-WP-3309-2026.doc


          Digitally signed

HARISH
          by HARISH
          VITHAL
                                            IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
VITHAL    CHAUDHARI
CHAUDHARI Date:
          2026.09.09
                                                     CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
          18:58:23 +0530
                                                      CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                                   WRIT PETITION NO. 3309 OF 2026

                             Maharashtra Rajya Vanmajur, Van Kamgar
                             Thr. Its President                                         ...Petitioner.
                                       Versus
                             State Of Maharashtra
                             Thr. Principal Secretary,
                             Forest Department And Others                               ...Respondents.

                                                              ——————
                             Mr. Kalpesh Uttam Patil a/w Digambar V. Jadhav for the Petitioner.
                             Mr. P. V. Nelson Rajan, AGP for the Respondent-State.

                                                              ——————

                                                                Coram :     Sharmila U. Deshmukh &
                                                                            Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ.
                                                                Date      : September 09, 2026.
                             P. C. :

                             1.        As the petitioner has already approached the Labour Court,

                             learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, on instructions, seeks

                             permission to withdraw the petition.

                             2.        The petition is disposed of as withdrawn.

                             3.        All rights and contentions are expressly kept open.



                              [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.]                         [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.]




                             Harish                              1 of 1


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