PATEL AGENCY THROUGH RAJANI VALLABHBHAI PATELversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Disposal
- 35-ANY OTHER MODE @ ADM.STAGE
- Bench
- HEMANT M PRACHCHHAK
Holding
The Court ordered the Superintendent of Police to decide the pending representation within six weeks after hearing the petitioner, without expressing any view on the merits.
Summary
Petitioner Patel Agency filed a representation with the Superintendent of Police, Navsari on 31 December 2025, which remained pending. The petitioner sought the High Court's intervention to compel the police officer to decide the representation. The respondent agreed to decide the representation expeditiously. The Court directed the Superintendent to hear the petitioner, consider the submissions and documents, and decide the representation on its merits within six weeks, communicating the decision within one week thereafter. The Court clarified that it did not examine the merits of the representation and disposed of the Special Civil Application.
Issues considered
- What procedural authority does the High Court have to direct a police officer to decide a pending representation within a specified time?
Subjects
Judgment
C/SCA/5575/2026 ORDER DATED: 22/04/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 5575 of 2026
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PATEL AGENCY THROUGH RAJANI VALLABHBHAI PATEL
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MR SHALIN MEHTA SR ADVOCATE WITH MR NIRAV C SANGHAVI(5950)
for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MR ANGESH PANCHAL AGP for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK
Date : 22/04/2026
ORAL ORDER
1. The learned senior counsel Mr. Shalin Mehta
appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner
has already preferred a representation to the respondent
No.2 – Superintendent of Police, Navsari on 31.12.2025,
and the same is pending.
2. Learned AGP Mr. Angesh Panchal submits that the said
representation shall be decided expeditiously.
3. In view of the above submissions, the respondent No.2
is directed to decide the representation of the petitioner
dated 31.12.2025 which has been duly received by the
office of the respondent No.2. The said representation
shall be decided after giving opportunity of hearing to the
petitioner. The petitioner is at liberty to raise all the
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C/SCA/5575/2026 ORDER DATED: 22/04/2026
contentions as available to him and produce necessary
documents in support of his contentions.
4. The respondent No.2 shall take into consideration the
submissions as well as the documents submitted by the
petitioner and shall decide the representation on its own
merits and in accordance with law within a period of six
weeks.
5. Let the decision on such representation be
communicated to the petitioner within one week from the
date of the decision being taken.
6. It is made clear that this court has not gone into the
merits of the case and no opinion is expressed thereon.
7. The Special Civil Application is disposed of.
Direct service is permitted.
(HEMANT M. PRACHCHHAK,J)
SURESH SOLANKI
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: SURESHKUMAR MOTIBHAI SOLANKI(HC00208), PRINCIPAL PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 22/04/2026 16:55:32
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