Sunil Babanrao Deshmukh and Others v. the Executive Magistrate Tahsildar Chalisgaon and Others
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Aurangabad Bench, Bombay High Court; order dated 12-12-2025 by Nitin B. Suryawanshi and Vaishali Patil-Jadhav, JJ.; Civil Applications Nos. 9126, 6333 (and intervention CA 7012) of 2025 in Contempt Petition No. 203 of 2017; parties: Mohammed/Mohammad Fahim Shaikh Abdul Hakim (original Petitioner/applicant), Sunil Babanrao Deshmukh and Others (occupiers/tenants), Vasim Rajjak Shaikh and Others (intervenors), Executive Magistrate/Tahsildar Chalisgaon, Iqbal Khan Sattar Khan, management of A. A. Shah Education Society, Chalisgaon. Subject: recovery of arrears of salary Rs.23,79,873/-; Trust property (City Survey No. 2403, Chalisgaon) put to auction by Tahsildar via sale notice dated 28-05-2025; occupiers/tenants deposited Rs.30 lakh in Court; withdrawal permitted (50% on undertaking, 50% on solvent surety/security before Registrar (Judicial)); security tied to pending Writ Petition No. 3183 of 2020 filed by management; auction notice quashed; balance of deposit with proportionate interest refunded to occupier-applicants; intervention dismissed with liberty. Counsel-cited precedent: Union of India v. Tarnem Singh (2008) 8 SCC 648 (three-year arrears plea, not adopted as the Court's holding). Advocates: S. V. Suryawanshi; A. V. Deshmukh h/f I. S. Thorat; A. N. Nagargoje h/f D. M. Mane; M. C. Syed; Majid Shaikh; M. S. Shaikh; N. B. Kamble, AGP.