Bombay High Court

PRAVIN GULABRAO THAKARE AND OTHERSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

Disposal: DISPOSED OFF

Holding

The Court held that Respondent No. 4 must decide the petitioners' proposals within eight weeks of receipt of the order.

Summary

Petitioners Pravin Gulabrao Thakare and others filed a writ petition before the Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court seeking a directive that Respondent No. 4 decide the proposals submitted by the petitioners on 06‑02‑2019, 09‑12‑2024, 12‑12‑2024, 17‑01‑2025 and 15‑09‑2025. The petitioners alleged that the respondent had unduly delayed consideration of these proposals. The Court examined the petition and found no substantive dispute requiring a detailed hearing. Consequently, the Court disposed of the petition by ordering that Respondent No. 4 decide the pending proposals within eight weeks of receiving a copy of the order. The order was pronounced by Justices Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Abasahab D. Shinde.

Issues considered

Whether the High Court can issue a mandatory time‑bound direction to a government respondent to decide pending proposals filed in a writ petition

Subjects

writ petition
direction
administrative decision
Bombay High Court
Aurangabad bench
time‑bound order

Judgment

2026:BHC-AUG:36561-DB


                                                   {1}                   45-wp-9922-2026

                                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY
                                            BENCH AT AURANGABAD

                                     45 WRIT PETITION NO. 9922 OF 2026

                                Pravin Gulabrao Thakare And Others
                                              VERSUS
                                The State Of Maharashtra And Others
                                                  ...
              Mr. A.D. Pawar, Advocate for the Petitioners
              Mr. A.B. Girase, Govt. Pleader for the State
                                                .......

                                          CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND
                                                   ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ.


                                             DATE : 17th AUGUST, 2026
              PER COURT :

              1.       The Writ Petition is disposed of by directing Respondent No. 4 to

              decide the proposals of the Petitioners dated 06.02.2019, 09.12.2024,

              12.12.2024, 17.01.2025 and 15.09.2025, within a period of 08 weeks

              from the date of receipt of copy of this order.



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




              Bhagyawant Punde

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