Bombay High Court
ARCHANA HARISHCHANDRA PATIL AND ORSversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR DEPARTMENT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND FOREST AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The Court allowed the withdrawal and disposed of the writ petitions as withdrawn.
Summary
The petitioners, including Sweety Raju Bhalerao and Archana Harishchandra Patil, had filed several writ petitions before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. After some time, the petitioners, through their counsel, sought the Court's permission to withdraw all the pending writ petitions. The Court considered whether it could entertain a request for withdrawal of writ proceedings at the petitioners' behest. Relying on procedural law that permits withdrawal of a petition when no prejudice is caused to the respondents, the Court allowed the withdrawal. Consequently, all the writ petitions and any pending applications were disposed of as withdrawn.
Issues considered
- Whether the Court may permit the withdrawal of writ petitions at the request of the petitioners
Subjects
- writ petition
- withdrawal
- civil procedure
- high court
Judgment
4-WP-7418-2026.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 7418 OF 2026
WITH
WRIT PETITION NO. 7429 OF 2026
WITH
WRIT PETITION NO. 7426 OF 2026
WITH
WRIT PETITION NO. 7427 OF 2026
SWEETY
RAJU
BHALERAO Archana Harishchandra Patil and others … Petitioners
Digitally signed
by SWEETY
RAJU
BHALERAO
Versus
Date: 2026.09.21
18:06:31 +0530
State of Maharashtra and others … Respondents
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Mr. Sumedh Modak, i/b Mr. Vijay Killedar for Petitioners.
Mr. O.A. Chandurkar, Addl. G.P., a/w Ms. G.R. Raghuwanshi, AGP for
Respondents/State in WP/7418/2026.
Ms. D.S. Deshmukh, AGP for Respondents/State in WP/7429/2026.
Ms. Tanu N. Bhatia, AGP for Respondents/State in WP/7426/2026.
Mr. R.S. Pawar, AGP for Respondents/State in WP/7427/2026.
Ms. Archana Shelar, for Respondent Nos. 14 and 15 in WP/7426/2026 and
WP/7429/2026 and for Respondent Nos. 11 and 12 in WP/7427/2026.
Mr. Atharva A. Dandekar, for Respondent No. 34 in WP/7418/2026.
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CORAM : MANISH PITALE &
SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, JJ.
DATE : 21st SEPTEMBER 2026.
PC:
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner in all these petitions, on
instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the writ petitions.
Bhalerao 1
4-WP-7418-2026.doc
2. Writ petitions are disposed of as withdrawn.
3. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.
(SHREERAM V. SHIRSAT, J.) (MANISH PITALE, J.)
Bhalerao 2
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