Bombay High Court

KESHAVRAO PATILBA DAPKEversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SACHIN S DESHMUKH

Holding

The petition was disposed of because the closure of the underlying proceedings left no surviving claim.

Summary

The petitioner, Keshavrao s/o Patilba Dapke, filed a writ petition (No. 4975 of 2015) along with a civil application (No. 858 of 2022) before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench. The court initially granted leave to amend the petition, directing the amendment to be filed within four weeks. Subsequently, counsel for the petitioner submitted that the underlying proceedings before the concerned authority had been closed, and therefore no relief remained to be claimed. The court accepted this submission, took the closure communication on record, and held that the petition could no longer proceed. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of, and the pending civil application was also dismissed as there was nothing left to adjudicate.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be dismissed due to the closure of the underlying proceedings

Subjects

writ petition
amendment
disposal
civil application
jurisdiction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:26829


                     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                         WRIT PETITION NO.4975 OF 2015 WITH
                          CIVIL APPLICATION NO.858 OF 2022

                Keshavrao s/op Patilba Dapke            … PETITIONER
                        VERSUS
                The State of Maharashtra & ors.          … RESPONDENTS
                                              .......
                Mr. D.P. Palodkar, Advocate for petitioner
                Mr. P.D. Patil, A.G.P. for State
                                              ....…

                                 CORAM : SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.
                                 DATE :     7th JULY, 2026

                PER COURT :-

                1.         Leave to amend. Amendment to be carried out
                within four weeks.

                2.         Mr. Palodkar, learned counsel for the petitioner,
                on instructions, submits that, in view of closure of the
                proceedings by the concerned authority, nothing survives
                in the petition. A copy of the communication is taken on
                record and marked “X” for the purpose of identification.
                Accordingly, the petition stands disposed of.    In view of
                disposal of the petition, pending Civil Application stands
                disposed of.



                                      (SACHIN S. DESHMUKH, J.)

                fmp/-

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