Bombay High Court

SHIVAJI ANANDA PATILversusMAMASAHEB LAD VIDYALAYA VA SATYASHODHAK WAGHMARE SATUPPA TAKKEKAR JUNIOR COLLEGE AND ORS.

Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The Court ordered Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to decide the proposal dated 30 September 2025 within four weeks of the order.

Summary

Shivaji Ananda Patil filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the respondents, specifically Respondent Nos. 2 and 3, to decide a proposal dated 30 September 2025 that remained pending with Respondent No. 2. The petition raised a limited grievance, asking the court to intervene only to compel a timely decision on the proposal. The High Court examined whether it could issue a mandatory direction to administrative bodies to act within a specified period. Finding no substantive dispute beyond the delay, the Court held that it could order the respondents to decide the proposal expeditiously. Accordingly, the Court disposed of the petition, directing Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to decide the proposal within four weeks from the date of the order. The order was pronounced by Justices Sharmila U. Deshmukh and Neeraj P. Dhote on 28 September 2026.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can issue a direction to administrative respondents to decide a pending proposal within a stipulated time

Subjects

writ petition
limited grievance
direction
administrative law
expeditious decision

Judgment

2026:BHC-KOL:9319-DB

67-WP-4812-2026.doc

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO. 4812 OF 2026

Shivaji Ananda Patil ...Petitioner
Versus
Mamasaheb Lad Vidyalaya Va Satyashodhak ...Respondents
Waghmare Satuppa Takkekar Junior College And
Ors.

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Mr. Nitin Deshpande, for the Petitioner.
Mr. Prashant Bhavake, for the Respondent No. 1.
Mr. S.B.Kalel, AGP for the Respondent-State.
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Coram : SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH &
NEERAJ P. DHOTE, JJ.
Date : SEPTEMBER 28, 2026
P. C. :

1. The limited grievance in the present Petition is a direction to

Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to decide the proposal dated 30 th September,

2025, which is pending with the Respondent No. 2.

2. In view of the limited grievance which has been raised, the

Petition is disposed of with direction to Respondent Nos. 2 and 3 to

decide the proposal dated 30th September, 2025 expeditiously, and in

any event, within a period of four weeks from today.

[NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J.] [SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.]

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