Bombay High Court
VITTHAL KISAN GAIKWADversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRO. THE SECRETARY
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition was disposed of as withdrawn on instructions, with no adjudication on merits.
Summary
The petitioners filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court. They had joined duties between 1993 and 2000 and had been working in plain areas. The Zilla Parishad produced a ready reference chart marked 'X' showing their service details. On comparing it with the chart at page 82, the Court observed that the petitioners had filtered information. The respondents relied on an order dated 17/04/2026 in Writ Petition No.3693 of 2026 (Santosh Manik Shinde & Anr. vs. State of Maharashtra & Anr.), where a petition on identical facts was disposed of without relief. Petitioners No.3 and 4, present in Court, instructed their advocate to withdraw the petition on behalf of all petitioners. The Court accordingly disposed of the petition as withdrawn on instructions, without adjudicating merits.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition should be disposed of as withdrawn on the instructions of the petitioners.
Subjects
- service law
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- Zilla Parishad
- plain area
- identical facts
Judgment
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
SONALI
MILIND WRIT PETITION NO. 4594 OF 2026
PATIL
Digitally signed by Vitthal Kisan Gaikwad & Ors. ….Petitioners
SONALI MILIND PATIL
Date: 2026.05.04
18:59:59 +0530 Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondents
Mr. Suresh Pakale, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Nilesh Desai i/b. Ms.
Padmaja Malgaonkar, for the Petitioners.
Mr. P. P. Kakade, Addl. GP a/w. Mr. V. G. Badgujar, AGP for the
Respondent – State.
Mr. S. V. Gavand a/w. Mr. P. H. Gaikwad Patil, for Respondent
Nos.6 and 7-Zilla Parishad, Pune.
Mr. Bhausaheb Jagannath Wanave, Petitioner No.3, is present in
Court.
Mr. Ambadas Ashru Narute, Petitioner No.4, is present in Court.
CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE
&
HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
DATE : 30th APRIL, 2026
P.C.:
1. The learned Advocate for the Zilla Parishad has
tendered a ready reference chart of all these Petitioners, which
indicates that ever since they joined duties in between 1993 to 2000,
they have been working in plain areas. The said chart is taken on
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record and marked as ‘X’ for identification.
2. Having compared ‘X’ with the chart at page 82, it
appears that the Petitioners have conveniently filtered information
from the learned Advocate for the Petitioners. All details, do not
appear to have been transmitted to the learned Advocate for the
Petitioners.
3. The learned Advocate for the Zilla Parishad and the
learned Additional Government Pleader rely upon an order dated
17/04/2026, passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.3693 of 2026
(Santosh Manik Shinde & Anr. vs. The State of Maharashtra &
Anr.), wherein the Petition filed by Petitioners on identical set of
facts, was disposed off and no relief was granted by the Court.
4. The learned Senior Advocate submits on instructions
from the learned briefing Advocate that two Petitioners who are
present in the Court hall, namely, Shri Bhausaheb Jagannath
Wanave (Petitioner No.3) and Shri Ambadas Ashru Narute
(Petitioner No.4), instruct the learned Advocate to withdraw this
Petition on behalf of all the Petitioners.
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5. In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off as
withdrawn, on instructions.
(HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)
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