Bombay High Court

RAVI VYANKATRAO AKULWARversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF
Bench: SANDIPKUMAR C MORE ABASAHEB D SHINDE

Holding

The court permitted the withdrawal of the writ petition and disposed of the civil application and pending intervention application.

Summary

The State of Maharashtra, through its AGP, filed a civil application seeking permission to withdraw statements recorded in earlier orders of Writ Petition No. 7098 of 2015. The applicant requested that the writ petition be treated as withdrawn, effectively disposing of the matter. The court, after hearing counsel for the original petitioner, allowed the withdrawal of the writ petition and ordered that the civil application and a pending intervention application be disposed of. The court also granted leave to amend the prayer clause in the civil application. Consequently, the statements in the earlier orders were withdrawn and the writ petition was closed as withdrawn.

Issues considered

Whether the court may permit the withdrawal of a writ petition and the statements recorded in earlier orders.
Whether the civil application seeking such withdrawal should be disposed of.

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petition
civil application
procedure
amendment of prayer clause
disposal of application

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:5569-DB
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                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                 BENCH AT AURANGABAD
                       913 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 1115 OF 2026
                                   IN WP/7098/2015
                        THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
                  THROUGH PRINCIPAL SECRETARY AND OTHERS
                                  VERSUS
                         RAVI VYANKATRAO AKULWAR
                                          …
                                       WITH
                        CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 14876 OF 2015
                                  IN WP/7098/2015
                                       WITH
                          WRIT PETITION NO. 7098 OF 2015
                                         ...
                   AGP/APP for Applicant/State : Mr. P.K. Lakhotiya
                  Advocate for Petitioner in WP : Mr. M.S. Deshmukh
                                           …
                                        CORAM      :   SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE AND
                                                       ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                          DATE    : 06.02.2026

             PER COURT : (PER : ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.)
             .     At the outset, the learned APP seeks leave to amend prayer
             clause. Leave granted. Amendment be carried out forthwith.

             2.    By this Civil Application, the applicants are seeking permission to
             withdraw the statement recorded in the order dated 14.07.2015 and
             23.07.2015 in Writ Petition No.7098 of 2015.

             3.    Learned AGP has placed on record identical orders passed by this
             Court in Civil Application No.1137 of 2024 in Writ Petition No.8197 of
             2015 and Civil Application No.1155 of 2024 in Writ Petition No.7174
             of 2015 and submits that similar order may be passed.
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4.      We have heard learned counsel Mr. Deshmukh for the original
petitioner. He would submit that, on oral instructions, he may be
permitted to withdraw the Writ Petition. The Writ Petition thus, stands
disposed off as withdrawn.

5.      In that view of the matter, the Civil Application stands disposed
of and the statement made by the learned AGP/Applicants as aforesaid
stands withdrawn.

6.      In light of disposal of the Writ Petition, the pending Intervention
Application also stands disposed of.




( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. )                ( SANDIPKUMAR C. MORE, J. )



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