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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE CIVIL JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.20 OF 2014
Kishor Suryakant Mahadar & anr….. .. Petitioners
vs.
State of Maharashtra & ors .. Respondents
None for Petitioners
Ms.M.P.Thakur AGP for Respondent nos.1 to 3. Mr.V.V.Salunkhe for Respondent nos.4 and 5. Mr.S.S.Salunkhe for Respondent nos. 7 to 18.
CORAM : A.S.OKA & G.S.KULKARNI, JJ DATE : 7TH OCTOBER, 2014
PC.
None for Petitioner.
is as regards allotment of lands bearing Gat No.319, 320/1/1 and 320/2 of village Mahalung Taluka Malshiras, District Solapur to the Respondent nos.7 to 18. An affidavit in reply has been filed by Mr.Bhanudas Mahadev Jamdade on behalf of the Respondent nos. 7 to 18 raising an objection to the locus of the Petitioners. On the last date, time was granted to the learned counsel for the Petitioners to take instructions on the averments made in the reply dated 14th August,, 2014. It is pointed out in the Reply
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that of the 1st Petitioner made an Application dated 30th December, 2013 for allotment of the land bearing Gat No.320/2. Reliance is placed on the said Application, a copy of which is annexed as Exhibit A to the reply. The 1st Petitioner in the said Application had threatened to commit suicide on 30th January, 2014. It is stated in the Reply that the 2nd Petitioner is on the School Committee of Chandrashekar Agashe Vidyalaya and one of the contentions raised in the Petition is that there is no ground available for the said school. It appears from the Application dated 30th December, 2013 that the 1st Petitioner applied for allotment of land bearing Gat No.320/2.The 1st Petitioner tried to pressurise the authorities by threatening them to commit selfimmolation on 30th January, 2014. Apart from the fact that the 1st Petitioner was personally interested in allotment of land subject matter of Public Interest Litigation, from the contents of the Application made by the 1st Petitioner, it appears that he has no faith in the constitutional remedies and therefore, he had threatened to commit suicide.
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Petitioner is a member of the School Committee of Chandrashekar Agashe Vidyalaya.
(G.S.KULKARNI, J)
Kishor Suryakant Mahadar
State of Maharashtra
A.S.OKA
G.S.KULKARNI
As recorded by the court registry
Litigation brought on behalf of the public interest rather than a personal grievance, relaxing the usual rule of locus standi.
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