Petitioner sought direction to inquire into Deputy Registrar's conduct as Election Officer. Court noted inquiry was initiated and recording evidence ongoing. Petitioner in default. Court disposed petition without commenting on merits, allowing inquiry to proceed.
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J R Mane 1 42-WP 3214-20.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 3214 OF 2020
Shri. Mahendra Gajanan Katkar
… Petitioner.
V/S.
State Of Maharashtra And Ors … Respondents.
None for the Petitioner. Mr. N.K. Rajpurohit, AGP for Respondent- State.
CORAM : NITIN JAMDAR, AND MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ.
DATE : 6 December 2023.
P.C. :
The Petitioner a Member of Co-operative Bank, has filed this Petition on 16 January 2020 for a direction to the State to inquire into the conduct of Respondent No.3 who was working as the Deputy Registrar and had acted as Election Officer for the Bank.
JYOTI RAJESH MANE
Digitally signed by JYOTI RAJESH MANE Date: 2023.12.11 11:33:01 +0530
2 The learned AGP states that reply Affidavit is filed on 3 September 2021 placing on record that inquiry is initiated by appointing an inquiry officer on 20 October 2020 and the stage of the inquiry was recording of evidence of witnesses.
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J R Mane 2 42-WP 3214-20.doc
3 None appears for the Petitioner. The Petition has remained pending, no rejoinder or any affidavit recording dissatisfaction with the step already taken is placed on record. Since the inquiry is already initiated observing that it could be taken to its logical end as per law, without commenting on the merits of the same, we dispose of the Writ Petition.
(MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.)
(NITIN JAMDAR, J.)
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the High Court should dismiss the writ petition when an inquiry into the conduct of an election officer has already been initiated.
Shri. Mahendra Gajanan Katkar
State of Maharashtra
Nitin Jamdar
Manjusha Deshpande
As recorded by the court registry
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