Bombay High Court

MAHADABAI VITTALRAO PATILversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH DISTRICT COLLECTOR AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition was dismissed as infructuous because the term of the local body had ended.

Summary

Mahadabai Vittalrao Patil filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging an action of the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner argued that the matter was still maintainable. The court observed that the term of the local body concerned had expired, rendering the petition moot. Consequently, the petition could no longer be entertained. The court therefore disposed of the petition as infructuous, without addressing any substantive merits.

Issues considered

Whether a writ petition remains maintainable when the term of the local body under dispute has expired

Subjects

local body
writ petition
infructuous
jurisdiction
termination of term

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:38096



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                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              903 WRIT PETITION NO. 6683 OF 2024

                                    Mahadabai Vittalrao Patil
                                            VERSUS
                  The State Of Maharashtra Through District Collector And Others

                                             ----
            Mr.S.N.Janakwade, Advocate for petitioner
            Mr.K.B.Jadhavar, AGP for respondent nos.1 and 2
            Ms.Nikita Boi
                                             ----

                                       CORAM :     AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.
                                       DATE  :     AUGUST 20, 2026

            ORDER :-

                         Learned advocate for the petitioner submits that the term

            of the local body is over and the petition has become infructuous.


            2.           In view of the above, the petition stands disposed of as

            infructuous.



                                               [AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.]
                                             ………..


            KBP

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