Bombay High Court

SWATI BHAGWAN HANGE ALIAS SWATI NANSAHEB BANGARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: N B SURYAWANSHI ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

The Court recorded the respondent’s undertaking to decide the proposal within four weeks and disposed of the petition.

Summary

The petitioner, Swati Bhagwan Hange, filed a writ petition seeking a court direction to the State of Maharashtra, respondent No.2, to decide a proposal she submitted on 1 August 2025 within a stipulated time. The petitioner argued that the delay in decision violated her rights. The respondent, through its Additional Government Pleader, assured the court that the proposal would be decided within four weeks from the date of the hearing. The court recorded this assurance as an undertaking. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of without further orders.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can direct the respondent to decide the petitioner’s proposal within a stipulated period and record the assurance as an undertaking.

Subjects

writ petition
administrative delay
court direction
undertaking
disposal

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:26863-DB


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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 6942 OF 2026

                   SWATI BHAGWAN HANGE ALIAS SWATI NANSAHEB BANGAR
                                             VERSUS
              THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY
                                          AND OTHERS
                                               ...
              Ms. Aummaheshwari S. Jadhav, Advocate for the Petitioner
              Mrs. K. B. Patil Baraswadkar, AGP for Respondents/State
                                               ...

                                       CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                               ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                        DATE : 07th JULY, 2026

              PER COURT :

              1.           By this petition, petitioner seeks direction to respondent

              No.2 to decide the proposal of petitioner dated 01/08/2025, within a

              stipulated period.

              2.           Learned AGP, on instructions from respondent No.2,

              submits that the proposal of petitioner will be decided within a

              period of four weeks from today.

              3.           By recording the said statement as undertaking to this

              Court, the writ petition is disposed of.



              (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.)               (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)




              SVH

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