Bombay High Court

ARCHANA HARISHCHANDRA PATIL AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROU. DEPT OF LAND ACQUISITION AND ORS

Decided: 21 September 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off

Holding

The Court may allow the withdrawal of writ petitions and dispose of them as withdrawn.

Summary

The petitioners filed four writ petitions (Nos. 7418, 7426, 7427, 7429 of 2026) in the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra. Subsequently, on instructions, the petitioners sought the Court's permission to withdraw all the petitions. The Court entertained the request, examined the procedural propriety of withdrawal, and found no impediment to allowing the petitions to be withdrawn. Accordingly, the Court ordered that the writ petitions be disposed of as withdrawn. Any pending applications in the matters were also dismissed.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court may permit the withdrawal of pending writ petitions and dispose of them as withdrawn

Subjects

withdrawal of writ petitions
civil appellate jurisdiction
Bombay High Court
procedural law
petition disposal

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

                   Archana Harishchandra Patil and others                   … Petitioners
RAJU
BHALERAO

Digitally signed
by SWEETY
RAJU
BHALERAO
                               Versus
                   State of Maharashtra and others                          … Respondents
Date: 2026.09.21
18:06:31 +0530




                                                       ******
                   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.
                                                       ******
                                                     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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