Bombay High Court

JAGANNATH BHANUDAS MULEversusTHE COLLECTOR AURANGABAD AND OTHERS

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

Holding

The Court records the AGP’s undertaking to refer the dispute to the Railway Court and deposit the compensation, and consequently disposes of the writ petition.

Summary

Petitioner Jagannath Bhanudas Mule filed a writ petition challenging a compensation order. The Respondent No.2 submitted a decision dated 18.06.2026 along with a cheque for Rs.3,36,08,065 and stated it would refer the dispute to the Railway Court and deposit the amount within four weeks. The learned Additional Government Pleader (AGP) gave an undertaking to the Court to do so. The Court recorded this undertaking as a formal statement and disposed of the writ petition without further hearing. No substantive adjudication on the merits of the compensation was made.

Subjects

compensation
railway court
writ petition
undertaking
disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:25677-DB

                                                                 917-wp-4789-2026.odt



                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                               917 WRIT PETITION NO. 4789 OF 2026

                                   Jagannath Bhanudas Mule
                                             VERSUS
                              The Collector Aurangabad And Others
                                               ...
                Mr. Shivraj B. Kadu, Advocate for the Petitioner
                Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for Respondents/State
                                               ...
                                     CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                      Dated    : July 02, 2026

                PER COURT :-

                1.        Learned AGP has placed on record copy of the decision

                dated 18.06.2026 of Respondent No.2 on the objection of the

                petitioner along with the cheque of compensation amount of

                Rs.3,36,08,065/-. The same is collectively marked ‘X’ for

                identification. He submits that Respondent No.2 will refer the

                dispute to the Railway Court and deposit the amount of

                compensation with the Railway Court, if not already deposited,

                within a period of four (4) weeks from today.


                2.        We record the statement made by the learned AGP as an

                undertaking to this Court and dispose of the Writ Petition.



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

                Narwade

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