Bombay High Court
KIRAN RAMDAS MHETRE AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn.
Summary
The petitioners filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking relief against the State of Maharashtra. After filing, the petitioners expressed a desire to withdraw the petition and submitted an undated statement signed by an advocate. The court recorded the statement and, on the petitioners' instructions, disposed of the writ petition as withdrawn. Consequently, the pending interim application filed in the same matter was also dismissed. The court noted that if the petitioners later suffer a legal injury, they may seek appropriate remedy, keeping all contentions open.
Issues considered
- Whether the writ petition can be withdrawn by the petitioners after filing
Subjects
- withdrawal of writ petition
- civil procedure
- interim application
- high court
Judgment
Digitally
signed by
GAURI AMIT
GAURI GAEKWAD
AMIT Date: 923.WP-4995-2026.odt
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO.4995 OF 2026
Kiran Ramdas Mhetre & Ors. ….Petitioners
Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondents
WITH
INTERIM APPLICATION (ST) NO.11284 OF 2026
IN
WRIT PETITION NO.4995 OF 2026
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Mr. Suresh Pakale, Senior Advocate a/w. Mr. Nilesh Desai i/b.
Ms. Padmaja Malgaonkar for the Petitioners.
Ms. Preeti Walimbe a/w. Mr. Mayank Tripathi and Ms. Rutika Bhoir
for the Applicants in the Interim Application.
Mr. M.M. Pabale, AGP for Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 4.
Mr. Sumedh S. Modak for Respondent No.3.
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CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE
&
HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.
DATE : 18th APRIL, 2026
P.C. :-
1. The learned Senior Advocate has tendered an undated
statement on behalf of the Petitioners, signed by an Advocate. The
typed letter is taken on record and marked as ‘X’ for identification.
2. Since the Petitioners desire to withdraw this Petition, a
statement is made that, if they suffer a legal injury, they would avail
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of a remedy as is permissible in law for the redressal of their
grievance.
3. In view of the above, this Petition is disposed off as
withdrawn, on instructions.
4. The pending Intervention Application would not
survive and stands disposed off.
5. Needless to state, if the Petitioners suffer a legal injury
and avail of a remedy as is permissible in law, all contentions are
kept open.
(HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)
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