The State of Maharashtra through Secretary and Another Vs Sanjay Ramnath Ingle and Another — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

The State of Maharashtra through Secretary and Another Vs Sanjay Ramnath Ingle and Another — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Paragraph 4 of the order dated 17.10.2025 corrected ('dismissed' substituted for 'disposed of'); corrected copy to be uploaded on the website; review applications filed by the State dismissed on the ground of delay; undertaking by the Education Officer (Secondary) to comply with the order within four weeks recorded; contempt petitions disposed of, with non-compliance within eight weeks to be treated as aggravated contempt.

Issue for consideration

Whether paragraph 4 of the order dated 17.10.2025, which recorded civil applications dismissed on merits as 'disposed of', should be corrected to read 'dismissed'. +2 more

Court's answer

The Court accepts the AGP's pointing out ('He is right in pointing out the same') that paragraph 4 of the order dated 17.10.2025 wrongly recorded civil applications dismissed on merits as 'disposed of', and directs that in paragraph 4 the words 'disposed of' be substituted with 'dismissed'.

Ratio / Principle

The correction is to be carried out and the corrected copy uploaded on the website.

Key takeaways

The review applications filed by the State are dismissed on the ground of delay.ratio¶35
Learned AGP, on instructions from the Education Officer (Secondary), states that the order will be complied with within four weeks; the Court records the statement as an undertaking to the Court and disposes of the contempt petitions.ratio¶41
It is made clear that if the order is not complied with within eight weeks from today, the same shall be treated as an aggravated form of contempt.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Speaking-to-minutes order (High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Bench at Aurangabad; Coram: Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Vaishali Patil Jadhav, JJ.; 09.12.2025) correcting the Court's order dated 17.10.2025: paragraph 4 of that order, which had recorded civil applications dismissed on merits (CA 2252/2024 in RAST/2730/2024; CA 2243/2024 in RAST/1281/2024; CA 2253/2024 in RAST/1284/2024) as 'disposed of', is amended by substituting 'dismissed', and the corrected copy is to be uploaded on the website. The review applications filed by the State are dismissed on the ground of delay. On instructions from the Education Officer (Secondary), the AGP undertakes compliance with the order within four weeks; the Court records the undertaking and disposes of Contempt Petition No. 253 of 2025 (Sanjay s/o Ramath Ingale v. Shri Ranjit Singh Deol), making clear that failure to comply within eight weeks will be treated as an aggravated form of contempt.

2025:BHC-AUG:30190-DB This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //

905 cp 253 2025 and speaking 2252 2024 CAs++

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

905 CONT. PETITION NO. 253 OF 2025

SANJAY S/O RAMATH INGALE VERSUS

SHRI RANJIT SINGH DEOL

Advocate for petitioner : Adv. Ketan D. Pote h/f. Mr. Arvind G. Ambetkar AGP for State : Mr. N.D. Batule

AND

CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2252 OF 2024 IN RAST/2730/2024

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND OTHERS

VERSUS

ANAND HARIDAS NAVGIRE AND ANR.

AGP for Applicants : Mr. V.K. Kotecha Advocate for petitioner : Mr. A.D. Pawar

WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2243 OF 2024 IN RAST/1281/2024

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY AND

ANOTHER VERSUS

SANJAY RAMNATH INGLE AND ANOTHER

AGP for applicants/State : Mr. V.K. Kotecha

Advocate for respondent No.1 : Mr. Ketan D. Pote h/f Mr. Arvind G. Ambetkar

WITH

CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 2253 OF 2024 IN RAST/1284/2024

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This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //

905 cp 253 2025 and speaking 2252 2024 CAs++

THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH SECRETARY AND OTHERS VERSUS

PUNJAHARI BABURAO DIGHE AND OTHERS

AGP for applicants/State : Mr. V.K. Kotecha Advocate for Respondent nos.8, 9, 10 to 14 : Mr. T.P. Shirsath Advocate for respondent nos.6 to 10 in WP : Mr. S.S. Wagh

CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI & VAISHALI PATIL – JADHAV, JJ.

DATE : 09.12.2025

P E R C O U R T :

Oral motion is made by learned AGP for speaking to the minutes of the order dated 17.10.2025. He points out that though the civil applications were dismissed on merits, in paragraph 4 of the said order it is treated that civil applications are “ disposed of ”. He is right in pointing out the same.

In paragraph 4, the words “ disposed of ” be substituted with “ dismissed ”.

Correction be carried out and corrected copy be uploaded on the website accordingly.

The review applications filed by the State are dismissed on the ground of delay.

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This Order is Speaking to Minutes order of order dated //

905 cp 253 2025 and speaking 2252 2024 CAs++

Learned AGP, on instructions from the Education Officer

(Secondary), states that order will be complied with within four weeks from today. We record the said statement as an undertaking to this Court and dispose of the contempt petitions.

It is made clear that if the order is not complied with within eight weeks from today, the same shall be treated as aggravated form of contempt.

[VAISHALI PATIL – JADHAV, J.] [NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.]

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