Bombay High Court
JITESH DUDHALE AND ANRversusAPPELLATE SENIOR CITIZEN TRIBUNAL DISTRICT COLLECTOR OFFICE AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
- Bench
- FARHAN PARVEZ DUBASH
Holding
The petition is disposed of by consent, with the respondent directed to hear the stay application within two weeks and no costs awarded.
Summary
The petitioners, Jitesh Dudhale and others, filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 11 March 2026 issued by the Appellate Senior Citizen Tribunal and the District Collector. By mutual consent, the High Court directed the respondent to hear the stay application filed by the petitioners within two weeks, i.e., on or before 18 June 2026. The petitioners, through counsel Aditya Lele, agreed to comply with clauses 1, 3, 4 and 5 of the operative part of the impugned order during this period. The Court ordered that the writ petition be disposed of without any order as to costs. The disposition reflects a consensual settlement rather than a substantive adjudication on the merits of the stay application.
Issues considered
- Whether the stay application filed by the petitioners against the order dated 11 March 2026 should be entertained and heard within a specified time frame.
Subjects
- writ petition
- stay order
- consent order
- Civil Appellate Jurisdiction
- District Collector
- Senior Citizen Tribunal
- costs
Judgment
7-WP-6972-2026.doc
Jitesh Dudhale Vs. District Collector
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 6972 OF 2026
Jitesh Dudhale & Anr. ...Petitioners
V/s.
Appellate Senior Citizen Tribunal
District Collector Office & Ors. ...Respondents
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Mr. Aditya Lele, with Mr. Atul Mishra, Mr. Rutuparna Deo, & Ms. Geeta
Bhaskaran, for the Petitioners.
Mr. V. G. Badgujar, AGP, for Respondent nos. 1 & 2-State.
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CORAM : FARHAN P. DUBASH, J.
DATE : 3rd JUNE 2026
(VACATION COURT)
P. C.:
1. By consent of the parties, the present Writ Petition can be disposed of
in terms of the following order:-
:: ORDER ::
(i) Respondent No. 1 shall hear and decide the stay
AMOL Application preferred by the Petitioner against the impugned
PREMNATH
JADHAV
Digitally signed by
AMOL PREMNATH
order dated 11th March 2026 within a period of two weeks from
JADHAV
Date: 2026.06.04
16:53:15 +0530
today viz., on or before 18th June 2026.
(ii) Till then, Mr. Aditya Lele, learned Counsel who
appears on behalf of the Petitioner, on instructions makes the
statement that his clients will comply with Clause No. 1, 3, 4 and
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Order dated 3rd June 2026
7-WP-6972-2026.doc
Jitesh Dudhale Vs. District Collector
5 of the operative part of the order dated 11th March 2026.
(iii) The present Writ Petition is disposed of in terms of the
following order. There shall be no order as to costs.
( FARHAN P. DUBASH, J. )
Amol
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Order dated 3rd June 2026
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