Bombay High Court

VISHNU LEKHRAJ TANWANIversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SANDIPKUMAR C MORE ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

The Court directed the Commissioner of Police, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, to decide the petitioner’s complaint/representation dated 30‑December‑2025 within 15 days of the order.

Summary

The petitioner, Vishnu Lekhraj Tanwani, filed a criminal writ petition seeking a direction that the Commissioner of Police, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, decide a complaint/representation he lodged on 30‑December‑2025. The respondent State, through its APP, indicated that the Commissioner would decide the matter within 15 days of any court order. The High Court, after hearing, accepted this undertaking and directed the Commissioner to decide the complaint within 15 days from the date of the order. No substantive merits of the complaint were examined; the court’s intervention was limited to ensuring timely administrative action. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of with the specified direction.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court should issue a mandatory direction to the Commissioner of Police to decide the petitioner’s complaint/representation within a stipulated time

Subjects

writ petition
police commissioner
administrative direction
complaint
procedural order

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:19051-DB


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                          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                           934 CRIMINAL WRIT PETITION NO. 515 OF 2026

                               VISHNU LEKHRAJ TANWANI
                                         VERSUS
                     THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANOTHER
                                            ...
            Mr. Gite Ravi Balasaheb, Advocate for the Petitioner
            Ms. M. N. Ghanekar, APP for Respondent-State
                                            ….

                                           CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                                                   ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.

                                           DATED : 28/04/2026
            P. C. :

            1.           Heard.

            2.           The direction sought in this writ petition is that Respondent No. 2
            – the Commissioner of Police, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, be directed to
            decide the petitioner’s complaint/representation dated 30/12/2025. The
            learned APP, on instructions, makes a statement that Respondent No. 2
            will decide the said complaint/representation within a period of 15 days
            from the date of this order.

            3.           In view of the said statement, the writ petition is disposed of with a
            direction to Respondent No. 2 – the Commissioner of Police, Chhatrapati
            Sambhajinagar, to decide the petitioner’s complaint/representation dated
            30/12/2025 within a period of 15 days from the date of this order.

            4.           With the above direction, the writ petition stands disposed of
            accordingly.




            ( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. )                   ( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J. )
            VS Maind/-

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