Bombay High Court

PAWAN KHANDU PATAREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. CO OPERATIVE DEPARTMENT AND ORS

Decided: 24 March 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: A S GADKARI KAMAL KHATA

Holding

The petition was held to be infructuous and was therefore dismissed.

Summary

Petitioner Pawan Khandu Patare filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court challenging actions of the State of Maharashtra and others. During the pendency of the proceedings, the petitioner, through counsel, informed the Court that the petition had become infructuous. The Court accepted this submission and proceeded to dispose of the petition on the ground of infructuity. No substantive merits of the petition were examined. Consequently, the petition was dismissed without any order on the reliefs sought.

Issues considered

What is the appropriate course of action when a writ petition becomes infructuous during its pendency?

Subjects

writ petition
infructuous
dismissal
High Court
civil appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

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                                      IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

                                              CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

                                              WRIT PETITION NO.872 OF 2024

                      Pawan Khandu Patare                                 … Petitioner

                               V/s.

                      The State of Maharashtra & Ors.                     … Respondents



                      Mr. Hemant Ghadigaonkar for the Petitioner.
                      Mr. B.V. Samant, Addl. G.P. a/w. Adv. M.S. Bane, AGP, for the Respondent-
                      State.


                                                        CORAM :      A. S. GADKARI AND
                                                                     KAMAL KHATA, JJ.
                                                           DATE :    24th March 2026

                      P.C.:-

                      1)              Mr. Ghadigaonkar, learned Advocate for the Petitioner on

                      instructions submitted that, as of today the Petition has become infructuous.

                      2)              Disposed off as infructuous.



                                 (KAMAL KHATA, J.)                    (A.S. GADKARI, J.)




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