Bombay High Court
SUVARNA JALINDER BHOSALE AND ORS.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ORS.
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition was dismissed as infructuous because the petitioners' term of appointment had expired.
Summary
The petitioners, appointed as Special Assistant Public Prosecutors in Sangli district, challenged advertisements issued by the District Magistrate and Collector appointing them to those positions, seeking to have the advertisements quashed and to protect their services until regular appointments were made by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission. They argued the appointments were unlawful. The respondents, the State of Maharashtra, contested the petition. During proceedings, counsel for the petitioners informed the court that the petition had become infructuous because the petitioners' term as Regular Assistant Public Prosecutors had expired. Accordingly, the Court held that there was no longer any live controversy and disposed of the writ petition as infructuous.
Subjects
- appointment
- public prosecutor
- writ petition
- infructuous
- administrative law
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 4188 OF 2018
Suvarna Jalinder Bhosale and others … Petitioners
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra through its
Secretary and others … Respondents
________________________
Mr. Vishwajit V. Nalawade i/b Mr. Milind Deshmukh, Advocate for
Petitioners.
Mr. R.P. Kadam, A.G.P, for Respondent – State.
_________________________
Digitally
signed by
SHAILAJA
SHAILAJA SHRIKANT CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL &
SHRIKANT HALKUDE
HALKUDE Date: ABHAY J. MANTRI, JJ.
2026.09.16
14:44:19
+0530
DATED : SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
P.C.:
1. By the present Writ Petition, the Petitioners are seeking
following reliefs;
“a. To quash and set aside the impugned
advertisement dated 26th March, 2018 and 27th
March, 2018 issued by the Respondent No. 2 i.e.
the District Magistrate and District Collector,
Sangli, in respect of Special Assistant Public
Prosecutors in Sangli District;
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b. To protect the services of the Petitioners and
other Special Assistant Public Prosecutors
appointed in Sangli District till the appointment of
the Regular Assistant Public Prosecutors through
MPSC;”.
2. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioners submits that
the Petition has become infructuous, inasmuch as the term of
appointment of the Petitioners as “Regular Assistant Public
Prosecutors” has expired.
3. In view of the above, the Petition is disposed of as
infructuous.
[ABHAY J. MANTRI, J.] [RAJESH S. PATIL, J.]
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