Bombay High Court

BABITAI NAGORAO IREWADversusTHE COLLECTOR NANDED AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The petition is dismissed as infructuous due to the efflux of time.

Summary

The petitioner, Babitai Nagorao Irewad, filed writ petition No. 7046 of 2024 before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging actions of the Collector Nanded and others. The petitioner’s counsel argued that the petition should be dismissed due to the passage of time. The Court examined whether the delay rendered the petition infructuous. Relying on the principle that a writ petition cannot be entertained when the cause of action has become moot, the Court held that the matter was indeed infructuous. Consequently, the petition was disposed of without any further orders.

Issues considered

Whether the writ petition should be entertained despite the lapse of time rendering the cause of action infructuous?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
delay
high court
jurisdiction

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:41595



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                                                                    905 WP 7046 OF 2024

                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                      BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                   905 WRIT PETITION NO. 7046 OF 2024

                                      BABITAI NAGORAO IREWAD
                                                VERSUS
                                THE COLLECTOR NANDED AND OTHERS
                                                   ...
                     Mr. U. B. Deshmukh, Advocate for the Petitioner
                     Mr. R. K. Ingole, AGP for Respondent No.1 – State
                     Mr. Akash M. Jaju h/f. M. P. Tripati, Advocate for Respondent
                     No.4
                                                   …

                                             CORAM : AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J.
                                             DATED : 8th September 2026

                     P.C. :-

                     .         Learned Advocate for the petitioner submits that by

                     efflux of time, the matter has become infructuous.


                     2.        The Writ Petition stands disposed of as infructuous.




                                                           ( AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. )

                     PRW

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