Bombay High Court

HANUMANT UTTAMRAO PUNEKAR AND ANOTHERversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: KISHORE C SANT AJIT B KADETHANKAR

Holding

The Court directed the Collector and the Land Acquisition Officer to decide the petitioners' representation within three months and disposed of the writ petition.

Summary

Petitioners Hanumant Uttamrao Punekar and another filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, seeking a direction for the authorities to consider a representation dated 29 January 2016. The petitioners requested that the Collector and the Land Acquisition Officer of Parbhani decide the representation promptly, preferably within three months. The Court heard the submissions and, without detailed discussion of the merits, ordered the Collector and the Land Acquisition Officer to decide the representation within three months from the date of the order. No substantive legal reasoning was provided beyond the procedural direction. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of.

Subjects

writ petition
representation
land acquisition
administrative direction

Judgment

                                          (1)                 11-WP-6599-2016


                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                            BENCH AT AURANGABAD
                        11 WRIT PETITION NO. 6599 OF 2016
                      Hanumant Uttamrao Punekar And Another
                                      VERSUS
                        The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                            ...

Mr. D. K. Thote, Advocate for the Petitioners.
Ms. Uma. S. Bhosale, AGP for Respondent-State.
                                        CORAM : KISHORE C. SANT &
                                                   AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ.

                                        DATE      : 17th JUNE 2026.

PC :-
1.           After arguing for some time, the learned Advocate for the

petitioners prays that the authority be directed to consider his

representation dated 29.01.2016.

2.           The learned Collector and learned Land Acquisition Officer,

Parbhani, are requested to decide the said representation as early as

possible, and in any case, within a period of three months from today.

3.           With these, writ petition stands disposed off.



[AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.]                             [KISHORE C. SANT, J.]


D.A.ETHAPE

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