Bombay High Court
MANOHAR GOVINDRAO GAJAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
The High Court allowed the withdrawal of the writ petition and disposed of it as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for.
Summary
Manohar Govindrao Gajare filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra and others. The petitioner, through counsel, later requested permission to withdraw the petition while retaining the right to pursue any appropriate remedy later. The Court considered the request and noted that any future proceedings should account for the time already spent on the present petition. Accordingly, the Court allowed the withdrawal and ordered the petition to be disposed of as withdrawn, granting the liberty sought. No substantive merits of the original claims were adjudicated.
Issues considered
- Whether the High Court can permit a petitioner to withdraw a writ petition with liberty to seek other remedies
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- high court
- procedural law
- liberty to seek remedy
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:11993
Dilwale 1 51-WP-4553-18.odt
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
51 WRIT PETITION NO. 4553 OF 2018
Manohar Govindrao Gajare
VERSUS
The State Of Maharashtra And Others
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Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Kulkarni M. A
AGP for Respondents: Mrs. D. S. Jape
Advocate for Respondent No.2 : Mr. V. V. Bhavthankar
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CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J.
DATE : 18.03.2026
PER COURT :
1. The learned counsel for the petitioner, on instructions, seeks
permission to withdraw the present Writ Petition with liberty to avail
appropriate remedy available under law.
2. If such proceedings are initiated, the concerned authority shall take
into consideration the time spent in prosecuting the present petition.
3. The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of as withdrawn with
liberty as prayed for.
[ SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE ]
JUDGE
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