Bombay High Court

NANASAHEB AJABRAO NIKAMversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: VIBHA KANKANWADI HITEN S VENEGAVKAR

Holding

The court held that, given the prayer clause and applicable time limits, Respondent No. 2 must decide the revision application within three months and the stay application within three weeks.

Summary

Nanasaheb Ajabrao Nikam filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking expeditious disposal of a revision application (No. 02/2026) and a stay application pending before Respondent No. 2. The petitioner contended that Respondent No. 5, which filed an appeal (No. 02/2025) seeking cancellation of an extended tender time, lacked locus standi to challenge the petitioner. The appeal filed by Respondent No. 5 was allowed, prompting the petitioner to file the present revision. The court examined the prayer clause and the statutory time limits applicable to such proceedings. It directed Respondent No. 2 to decide the revision application within three months and the stay application within three weeks. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed with the specified directions.

Issues considered

Whether Respondent No. 5 had locus standi to file an appeal against the petitioner in the tender matter
Whether the court can impose a time‑bound order for the disposal of the pending revision and stay applications

Subjects

writ petition
revision application
stay application
tender
locus standi
expeditious disposal
court direction

Judgment

                               1                       930WP3699.2026.odt

          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                930 WRIT PETITION NO. 3699 OF 2026

                       Nanasaheb Ajabrao Nikam
                                VERSUS
 The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Others
                                    ...
Ms Laxmi R. Thakur h/f Mr. Arun S. Shejwal - Advocate for the
Petitioner
Mr. A. M. Phule - AGP for the State
                                    ...

                         CORAM :      SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI
                                              AND
                                      HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.

                         DATED :      08TH APRIL, 2026

PER COURT : -

1.          Heard the learned Advocate for the Petitioner.


2.          The Revision Application No. 02/2026, along with the Stay

Application preferred by the Petitioner, has been pending before

Respondent No. 2 since January 2026. It is stated by the Petitioner that

Respondent No. 5 had filed Appeal No. 02/2025 before Respondent No.

3 seeking cancellation of the extended tender time granted to the

Petitioner. According to the Petitioner, Respondent No. 5 has no locus

standi to file the said appeal before Respondent No. 3 against the

Petitioner. The said appeal filed by Respondent No. 5 came to be

allowed, and the Petitioner has now preferred a revision before

Respondent No. 2. Considering that the matter pertains to a tender, the

Petitioner prays that the Revision Application be expedited.
                                                            2                      930WP3699.2026.odt

                             3.          The learned AGP waives service of notice on behalf of

                             Respondent Nos. 1 to 4.


                             4.          Taking into consideration the prayer clause and the time

                             limits required to be adhered to, we dispose of the Writ Petition by

                             directing Respondent No. 2 to decide Revision Application No. 02/2026

                             within a period of three (3) months from today, or to decide the Stay

                             Application therein within a period of three (3) weeks from today.




                              [HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR]                    [SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI]
                                     JUDGE                                      JUDGE




                             SG Punde




Signed by: Sandeep Gulabrao Punde
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 09/04/2026 19:34:42

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