Bombay High Court

LAXMI VITTHALRAO PANDAGALEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petitioners must first approach the Grievance Committee formed under the 27.03.2024 Government Resolution, and the writ petitions are disposed of on that basis.

Summary

The petitioners, Santosh Uttamrao Mundkar, Laxmi Vitthalrao Pandagale, and Megha Kondiba Pandagale, filed writ petitions challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. The High Court was asked to determine the appropriate forum for redressing their grievances. The Court noted the existence of a Grievance Committee constituted under Government Resolution dated 27.03.2024 and referred to its earlier judgments in Baliram s/o Pandurang Salunke (Writ Petition No.11172 of 2019) and Shaikh Tayyaba Jillani (Writ Petition No.13407 of 2023). It held that the petitioners should first approach the Committee, which must decide their representations expeditiously in accordance with law and the cited resolutions. Accordingly, the Court granted liberty to the petitioners to approach the Committee and disposed of the writ petitions.

Issues considered

Whether the petitioners should approach the Grievance Committee formed under the Government Resolution before seeking judicial relief
Whether the High Court can direct the petitioners to exhaust administrative remedies

Subjects

grievance committee
writ petition
administrative law
government resolution
judicial review

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38745-DB


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                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                      BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                75 WRIT PETITION NO. 4911 OF 2023

                                   Santosh Uttamrao Mundkar
                                              VERSUS
                     The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others
                                                …
                                               WITH
                                   WRIT PETITION NO. 4899 OF 2023
                                    Laxmi Vitthalrao Pandagale
                                                VERSUS
                     The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others
                                                …
                                              WITH
                                   WRIT PETITION NO. 4532 OF 2023
                                     Megha Kondiba Pandagale
                                              VERSUS
                  The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Secretary And Others
                                                 ...
                Mr. Anand V. Patil-Indrale h/f. Mr. S. V. Gundre, Advocate for the
                Petitioners in all matters
                Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for State in all petitions.
                Mr. N. S. Kadam, Advocate for Respondent No.2.
                Mr. A. N. Nagargoje, Advocate for Respondent Nos. 3 and 4
                                                …

                                      CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI &
                                              ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                      DATE : 27th AUGUST 2026
                P. C. (Per Abasaheb D. Shinde J.) :-

                1.        Writ Petitions are disposed of by granting liberty to the

                petitioners to approach the Grievance Committee formed under

                Government Resolution dated 27.03.2024.


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2.        The    Committee      shall    expeditiously   decide      the

representations of the petitioners in accordance with law and

taking into consideration the relevant Government Resolution

and the orders passed by this Court in Writ Petition No.11172 of

2019 in the case of Baliram s/o Pandurang Salunke Vs. The

State of Maharashtra and Others, as well as in Writ Petition No.

13407 of 2023 in the case of Shaikh Tayyaba Jillani and

Another Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Others and connected

Writ Petition.

3.        With this direction, writ petitions are disposed of.




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




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