Bombay High Court

ANITA ARUN KHURSANEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

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

Holding

The petitions were dismissed as infructuous because the petitioners' tenures had ended.

Summary

The Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, considered a batch of writ petitions filed in 2017. All petitioners were government officials whose tenures had already expired in 2020. The Court observed that since the petitioners no longer held the positions from which the relief was sought, the petitions could not yield any effective remedy. Consequently, the Court held that the petitions were infructuous and ordered their disposal. No substantive merits were examined as the petitions were deemed moot.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition remains maintainable when the petitioner’s tenure has already expired?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
tenure expiry
mootness
disposal

Judgment

                                                      906-919
                              -1-

          IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                     BENCH AT AURANGABAD

              906 WRIT PETITION NO. 6096 OF 2017

                       Mangal Ashok Shinde
                             VERSUS
               The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                               …
                              AND
              907 WRIT PETITION NO. 6097 OF 2017

                     Annasaheb Raghu Nehe
                             VERSUS
               The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                               …
                              AND
              908 WRIT PETITION NO. 6098 OF 2017

                   Kusharam Yashwant Suralkar
                             VERSUS
               The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                               …
                              AND
              909 WRIT PETITION NO. 6099 OF 2017

                  Dnyandeo Bajirao Wakchoure
                             VERSUS
               The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                               …
                              AND
              910 WRIT PETITION NO. 6100 OF 2017

                   Rakhmabai Sukdeo Gavhane
                             VERSUS
               The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                               …
                              AND
              911 WRIT PETITION NO. 6101 OF 2017

                    Anita Rajendra Babhulke

Narwade
                                                 906-919
                          -2-

                         VERSUS
           The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                           …
                          AND
          912 WRIT PETITION NO. 6102 OF 2017

                   Jyoti Dilip Choudhari
                          VERSUS
           The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                             …
                            AND
          913 WRIT PETITION NO. 6103 OF 2017

                  Shubhangi Rahul Raut
                         VERSUS
           The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                           …
                          AND
          914 WRIT PETITION NO. 6104 OF 2017

                Savita Prabhakar Kalaskar
                         VERSUS
           The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                            …
                           AND
          915 WRIT PETITION NO. 6105 OF 2017

                  Manjusha Sandip Bidve
                         VERSUS
           The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                           …
                          AND
          916 WRIT PETITION NO. 6106 OF 2017

                  Sandip Kisan Endayeet
                         VERSUS
           The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                            …
                          AND
          917 WRIT PETITION NO. 6107 OF 2017


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                                                                    906-919
                                      -3-

                         Meenakshi Vijay Inamake
                                 VERSUS
                   The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                   …
                                  AND
                  918 WRIT PETITION NO. 6108 OF 2017

                             Asha Bapu More
                                 VERSUS
                   The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                   …
                                  AND
                  919 WRIT PETITION NO. 6109 OF 2017

                          Anita Arun Khursane
                                VERSUS
                 The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                   ...
Mr. Nitin R. Bhavar, Advocate for the Petitioner in all matters
Mr.G. A. Kulkarni, Mr. N. B. Patil, Mr. S. P. Sonpawale, Ms. M. N.
Ghanekar, Ms. A. S. Deshmukh, Ms. Chaitali R. Chaudhari-Kutti. Mr.
P. S. Patil, AGPs for Respondent/State in respective matters.
Mr. Shivaji T.Shelke, Advocate for Respondent No.3 in all matters.
                                   ...
                        CORAM : SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                                ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                        DATED : 10TH APRIL 2026

PER COURT :-

1.        In all these petitions the tenure of petitioners is come to an end

in the year 2020 itself. As such, nothing survives in these petitions

and all these petitions stand disposed of as infructuous.



[ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.]                    [SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J.]




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