Bombay High Court

MR. AZIZ AMIR ALI SHAIRKHANversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY REVENUE AND FOREST DEPT. AND ORS.

Decided: 1 October 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The Court directed Respondent No. 2 to decide the pending application within eight weeks and disposed of the petition.

Summary

Mr. Aziz Amir Ali Shairkhan filed Writ Petition No. 3564 of 2016 in the Bombay High Court challenging the delay in deciding an application dated 28 September 1992 filed before Respondent No. 2. The petitioner sought a direction that the pending application be decided within a reasonable time. The Court, after hearing counsel for both sides, ordered that Respondent No. 2 decide the application within eight weeks from the date of the order. No substantive discussion of the merits of the underlying application was made. Accordingly, the petition was disposed of on the terms of the direction.

Issues considered

Whether the Court should issue a direction to the administrative authority (Respondent No. 2) to decide a pending application within a specified time

Subjects

writ petition
direction
administrative delay
Civil Appellate Jurisdiction
Bombay High Court

Judgment

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BAMNE
Date: 2026.10.06
12:18:38 +0530

                                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                                 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                                WRIT PETITION NO. 3564 OF 2016
                      Mr. Aziz Amir Ali Shairkhan                                     … Petitioner
                                V/s.
                      State of Maharashtra & Ors.                                     … Respondents



                      Mr. S.R.Nargolkar for the Petitioner.
                      Mr. Ketan Joshi, ‘B’ Panel Counsel for the Respondent -State.
                      Mr. Shreekrushna Panchal, District Collector, Thane, present.




                                                           CORAM :   A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                     KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                              DATE : 1st October, 2026

                      P.C.:-

                      1)             Learned ‘B’ Panel Counsel on instructions submits that Respondent

                      No.2 will decide the application/ representation of the Petitioner dated 28 th

                      September, 1992 within a period of eight weeks from today.                 The said

                      statement is accepted.

                      2)                Petition is disposed off in the aforesaid terms.



                                     (KAMAL KHATA, J.)                    (A.S. GADKARI, J.)




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