Bombay High Court
LAXMAN DASHRATH NIKAT AND ANOTHERversusTHE SECRETARY MAHARASHTRA STATE COOPERATIVE ELECTION AUTHORITY AND OTHERS
- Disposal
- DISPOSED OFF
Holding
Respondent No.4 must decide the petitioners' representation on its merits within two weeks of 25 August 2026.
Summary
The petitioners, Laxman Dashrath Nikat and another, filed a writ petition seeking prompt adjudication of a representation they made on 10 July 2026 before Respondent No.4, the Maharashtra State Cooperative Election Authority. The petitioners argued that the authority had not yet decided the representation and requested judicial direction. The Court noted that the next hearing before Respondent No.4 is scheduled for 25 August 2026. It directed Respondent No.4 to decide the representation on its merits after hearing all concerned parties within two weeks of that date. Accordingly, the writ petition was disposed of with the said direction.
Issues considered
- Whether Respondent No.4 should be directed to decide the petitioners' representation within a specific time frame
Subjects
- writ petition
- representation
- cooperative election authority
- procedural direction
- high court
Judgment
2026:BHC-AUG:36560-DB
{1} 44-wp-9921-2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
BENCH AT AURANGABAD
44 WRIT PETITION NO. 9921 OF 2026
Laxman Dashrath Nikat And Another
VERSUS
The Secretary Maharashtra State Cooperative Election Authority And
Others
...
Mr. Sanket Jangale and Mr. Saurabh R Nikat, Advocate for the
Petitioner
Mr. N.D. Batule, AGP for State
.......
CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.
DATE : 17th AUGUST, 2026
PER COURT :
1. Learned Advocate for the Petitioners submits that the Petitioners
has made representation on 10.07.2026 before Respondent No. 4 and
the next date of hearing before Respondent No. 4 is 25.08.2026.
2. In the light of above, the Writ Petition is disposed of by directing
Respondent No. 4 to decide the representation of the Petitioners, on its
own merit, and after hearing all the concern, within a period of two
weeks from 25.08.2026.
(ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.)
Bhagyawant Punde
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