Bombay High Court
NANDJYOT PROPERTIES AND HOTES PVT LTD THRU AUTHORISEDversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRU SECRETARY AND ORS
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The petition was dismissed as the grievance no longer subsisted after the minister’s order.
Summary
Nandjyot Properties & Hotels Private Limited filed a writ petition challenging the non‑communication of a Revenue Department order dated 1 August 2024 concerning R.T.S. Application No.3424 of 2024. The petitioner sought a direction for the Secretary to allow inspection of the file to verify whether the covering letter and attachment were dispatched within a reasonable time. The Court permitted the petitioner to file such an application before the concerned authority. However, since the Hon’ble Minister for Revenue had already decided the application, the petitioner’s grievance was held to have ceased to exist. Consequently, the petition was disposed of.
Issues considered
- What relief, if any, is available to a petitioner when a ministerial order has been passed but not communicated to the petitioner?
- Whether the court should direct inspection of the revenue department’s records in such circumstances?
Subjects
- writ petition
- inspection of records
- Revenue Department
- ministerial order
- grievance subsistence
- Civil Appellate Jurisdiction
Judgment
KSG 31-WP-8611-2026.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 8611 OF 2026
Nandjyot Properties & Hotels
Private Limited (Formerly known as
Nandjyot Properties Pvt. Ltd)
Through Authorised Signatory
Mr. Jayant Gosavi … Petitioner
V/s.
State of Maharashtra & Ors … Respondents
_______________________________________
Mr. Girish Godbole, Senior Advocate i/b Mr. Shivraj Patne, Ms. Niharika
Chandwekar for the Petitioner.
Ms. V.R. Raje, A.G.P. for Respondent No.1-State.
Adv. Melvyn Fernandes i/b Vaish Associates for Respondent Nos.6 and 7.
_______________________________________
CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND
KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
DATE : 17th JULY, 2026
P.C. :
1) Learned A.G.P. submitted that, the Hon’ble Minister for Revenue
has decided the R.T.S. Application No.3424 of 2024, by its Order dated 1 st
August, 2024.
2) She tendered across the bar a photocopy of Order dated 1 st
August, 2024, alongwith covering letter dated 7th August, 2024, purportedly
addressed to the Petitioner and to the Respondent Nos.6 and 7. A photocopy
of the said Order is handed over today to the learned Senior Advocate for the
Petitioner.
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3) Mr. Godbole, learned Senior Advocate for the Petitioner
submitted that, the said Order was never communicated to his client until
yesterday. He therefore seeks a direction from this Court to the Secretary of
the concerned Department to give inspection of the record of the said file to
verify whether said covering letter along with its attachment was in fact
dispatched from the office of the Revenue Department within a reasonable
period from the date of passing of the said Order.
4) We grant liberty to the Petitioner to file such an Application
before the concerned Authority seeking inspection of the record.
5) As the Hon’ble Minister has already decided R.T.S. Application
No.3424 of 2024, by its Order dated 1 st August, 2024, the grievance of the
Petitioner as expressed in the Petition, as of today does not survive and is
accordingly disposed off.
( KAMAL KHATA, J. ) ( A.S. GADKARI, J. )
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