Bombay High Court

YUSUFKHAN SIKANDAR KHANversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ORS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

The Court held that respondent No.5 must decide the petitioner's representation within eight weeks of the order.

Summary

Yusufkhan Sikandar Khan filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging the delay in deciding his representation dated 12 June 2025. The petition sought a directive for the State of Maharashtra, specifically respondent No.5, to adjudicate the representation. The Court examined the pending nature of the representation and the need for timely resolution. No substantive factual or legal reasoning was recorded in the excerpt. The Court disposed of the petition by ordering respondent No.5 to decide the representation on its merits within eight weeks of receiving the order, after hearing the petitioner.

Issues considered

Whether respondent No.5 should decide the petitioner's representation dated 12 June 2025 within a specified time frame

Subjects

writ petition
representation
high court
direction
timely decision

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:25746-DB
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                         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD
                         910 WRIT PETITION NO. 4735 OF 2026

                           YUSUFKHAN SIKANDAR KHAN
                                   VERSUS
           THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND ORS
                                             ...
                                   None for Petitioner
                      AGP/APP for Respondent/State : Mr. N.D. Batule
                                          …
                                           CORAM       : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                         ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                             DATE      : 02.07.2026

               PER COURT :
               .      None for the petitioner, even on the second call.


               2.    The Writ Petition is disposed of by directing respondent No. 5 to
               decide the representation of the petitioner dated 12.06.2025, if not
               already decided, on its own merits, within a period of eight (08) weeks
               from the date of receipt of copy of this order, after hearing the
               petitioner.




               ( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. )               ( NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. )




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