Bombay High Court

MAYUR SHARAD BALWADKARversusRAMESH MARUTI POKALE

Decided: 18 May 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: GAUTAM A ANKHAD SANDESH DADASAHEB PATIL

Holding

The court held that the stay application must be decided by the designated Authority within two months and the revision application within six months, with the existing status‑quo remaining in effect.

Summary

The petitioner, Mayur Sharad Balwadkar, filed a writ petition challenging certain actions of the respondents. The court was required to consider a stay application and a revision application filed on 9 February 2026. The Additional Government Pleader, on behalf of the respondents, directed that the stay application be decided by Respondent No.8-Authority within two months and the revision application within six months. The court ordered that the status‑quo order dated 14 January 2025 remain in force until the stay application is resolved, and that the petitioner may not seek further adjournments before the Authority. Consequently, the court disposed of the writ petition, leaving the matters to be adjudicated by the designated Authority.

Issues considered

Whether the stay application and the revision application should be decided within the time‑frames prescribed by the respondents
Whether the status‑quo order dated 14 January 2025 should continue pending the decision of the stay application

Subjects

stay order
revision application
status quo
writ petition
procedural directions
high court

Judgment

     IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                      CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
               WRIT PETITION NO.6646 OF 2026
Mayur Sharad Balwadkar                       .. Petitioner
         Vs.
Ramesh Maruti Pokale and Ors.                .. Respondents


Mr. Ashok B. Tajane with Mr. Yuvraj A. Tajane, Advocates for the
Petitioner.
Ms. Kavita N. Solunke, Additional Government Pleader with Mr. V.G.
Badgujar, Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondents-State of
Maharashtra.

                              CORAM : GAUTAM A. ANKHAD &
                                      SANDESH D. PATIL, JJ.
                              DATE         : 18TH MAY 2026
                                             [ VACATION COURT ]
P.C. :

1.       Ms. Solunke, learned Additional Government Pleader, on

instructions, states that the Stay Application will be decided by

Respondent no.8-Authority within a period of two months and the

Revision Application filed on 9th February 2026 shall be decided within a

period of six months by Respondent no.8-Authority.

2.       In view thereof, until the Stay Application is decided, status-quo

granted by an order dated 14th January 2025 shall continue. All rights and

contentions of the Petitioner are kept open, to be agitated before

Respondent no.8-Authority. It is made clear that no adjournment will be

sought by the Petitioner before Respondent no.8-Authority.


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                     3.    With the above directions, Writ Petition no.6646 of 2026 is

                     disposed of.




                     [ SANDESH D. PATIL, J.]              [GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.]




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