Bombay High Court
VIJAY NARINDAS LUNDversusULHASNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
A belated writ petition without timely grievance is dismissed as not pressed.
Summary
The petitioner, Pravin Dasharath Pandit, filed a writ petition challenging the Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation's grant of a No Objection Certificate (NOC) dated 24 March 2024. The Court observed that the petitioner had not raised any grievance regarding the NOC within a reasonable time and no evidence was presented to show otherwise. Consequently, the petition was deemed belated and the disputed facts could not be entertained. The petitioner’s counsel sought permission to withdraw the petition and to pursue any appropriate remedy under law. The Court granted leave to withdraw and dismissed the petition as not pressed.
Issues considered
- What is the effect of a belated writ petition where the petitioner has not raised a grievance within a reasonable time?
Subjects
- NOC
- writ petition
- procedural default
- dismissal
- timeliness
Judgment
PDP 41-WP-8512-2026.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Digitally
signed by
WRIT PETITION NO. 8512 OF 2026
PRAVIN
PRAVIN DASHARATH
DASHARATH PANDIT
PANDIT Date:
2026.09.11
19:43:09
+0530 Vijay Naraindas Lund .. Petitioner
Vs.
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
& Ors. .. Respondents
...
Mr. Aryanraj A. Achhra i/by N. R. Bubna for Petitioner.
...
CORAM : MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, CJ. &
ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.
DATE : 11th SEPTEMBER, 2026.
P.C. :
1. In the instant Petition what we find that the NOC was
granted on 24th March, 2024. Nothing is brought on record to
substantiate the that the petitioner has ever raised any grievance on
the disputed issues that too within reasonable time. At this belated
stage, such disputed facts cannot be gone into in the instant Writ
Petition.
2. Once we declined to entertain the Petition, the learned
counsel for the Petitioner submits that the instant Petition be allowed
to be withdrawn with liberty to avail appropriate remedy in
accordingly with law.
3. With the aforesaid leave, the instant Petition is Dismissed
as not pressed.
[ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.] [CHIEF JUSTICE]
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