Bombay High Court

SAMBHAJI VITTHALRAO SONWANE AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The State must decide the petitioners' representation on its merits within four weeks of receiving the Court’s order.

Summary

The petitioners, Sambhaji Vitthalrao Sonwane and others, filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court seeking relief concerning a representation they had submitted on 30 July 2026. The petition was characterized as an innocuous prayer. The Court, after hearing counsel for both sides, ordered the second respondent (the State) to consider the petitioners' representation on its merits. The Court directed that the decision on the representation be communicated within four weeks of receipt of the order. Consequently, the writ petition was disposed of without any substantive order beyond the directive to the respondent.

Issues considered

The Court needed to determine whether the State, as respondent No.2, must adjudicate the petitioners' representation dated 30 July 2026.

Subjects

writ petition
representation
administrative law
innocuous prayer
court order

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:37857-DB


                                                 1                     47-WP-9637-26.odt


                        IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                   BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                              WRIT PETITION NO. 9637 OF 2026

                         SAMBHAJI VITTHALRAO SONWANE AND OTHERS
                                            VERSUS
                  THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND
                                            OTHERS
                                               ...
              Mr. Shrimant R. Kedar, Advocate for the Petitioner
              Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for Respondents/State
                                               ...

                                      CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                              ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
                                        DATE : 19th AUGUST, 2026

              PER COURT :

              .            Since innocuous prayer is pressed into service by the

              petitioners, the writ petition is disposed of by directing respondent

              No.2    to decide   the representation       of   the petitioners    dated

              30/07/2026, on it’s own merit, within a period of four weeks from

              the date of receipt of copy of this order.



                  (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.)           (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)




              SVH

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