Bombay High Court

VAISHALI BALAJI INGOLEversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition was held to be infructuous and was disposed of.

Summary

The petitioner, Vaishali Balaji Ingole, filed a writ petition challenging a 2019 order of the Collector, Hingoli, and a subsequent order of the Additional Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad. The petitioner argued that the relief sought was no longer viable because the term of the elected member concerned had expired in 2020, rendering the petition infructuous. The Court examined the claim of lapse of time and found that no substantive issue remained for adjudication. Consequently, the Court held that the petition could not proceed. The petition was therefore disposed of as infructuous.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition is infructuous due to the expiration of the elected member's term?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
election term
administrative order
jurisdiction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38539

                                                                      6431.19WP

                                              1

                       IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                  BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                           906 WRIT PETITION NO.6431 OF 2019

                                  VAISHALI BALAJI INGOLE
                                            VERSUS
                          THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & OTHERS
                                                ...
                          Advocate for the petitioner : Mr.K.D.Jadhav
                            AGP for Respondent-State : Mr.N.B.Patil
                                                …
                                     CORAM : VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV,J.

                                     DATE     :   25.08.2026
                 P.C. :


                 1]         By way of this petition, the petitioner has
                 challenged the judgment and order dated 25.01.2019 passed
                 by the Collector, Hingoli in Appeal No.506/2018 and the
                 order dated 16.04.2019 passed by the Additional Divisional
                 Commissioner, Aurangabad.

                 2]         The learned Advocate for the petitioner submits
                 that due to passage of time, Writ Petition has become
                 infructuous as the term of the elected member is over in the
                 year 2020 itself.

                 3]         In view of the same, nothing survives in the
                 present Petition and the same stands disposed of.




                                             [VAISHALI PATIL-JADHAV]
                                                    JUDGE
                 DDC

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