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Rajendra Uttamchand Katariya Died Thr Lrs Kalpana Rajendra Katariya and Another v. the National Highway Authority of India Thr Its Project Director and Another

Bombay HC20 Sept 2025CA/8431/2025

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Substitution of legal representatives of deceased petitioner; civil applications allowed; writ petitions against National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) and Union of India; Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; Coram Manish Pitale & Y. G. Khobragade, JJ.; decided 20.09.2025; WP/13669/2021, WP/13678/2021, WP/13684/2021, WP/13682/2021; amendment within two weeks; procedural order, no substantive law discussed.

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Legal representatives of the deceased petitioner permitted to be brought on record in place of the original petitioner in all the writ petitions; amendment to be carried out within two weeks. ¶43

Rajendra Uttamchand Katariya Died Thr Lrs Kalpana Rajendra Katariya and Another Vs the National Highway Authority of India Thr Its Project Director and Another — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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2025:BHC-AUG:25619-DB

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1 917,18,20,21.CA.8426.25.odt

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

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917 CIVIL APPLICATION NO.8426 OF 2025 IN WP/13669/2021

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO.13669 OF 2021

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RAJENDRA UTTAMCHAND KATARIYA DIED THR LRS KALPANA RAJENDRA KATARIYA AND ANOTHER VERSUS

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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA THR ITS PROJECT DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER

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AND

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918 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8429 OF 2025 IN WP/13678/2021

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 13678 OF 2021

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RAJENDRA UTTAMCHAND KATARIYA DIED THR LRS KALPANA RAJENDRA KATARIYA AND OTHERS

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VERSUS

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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA THR ITS PROJECT DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER

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AND

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920 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8431 OF 2025

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IN WP/13684/2021

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 13684 OF 2021

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RAJENDRA UTTAMCHAND KATARIYA DIED THR LRS KALPANA RAJENDRA KATARIYA AND ANOTHER

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VERSUS

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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA THR ITS PROJECT DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER

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AND

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921 CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 8433 OF 2025 IN WP/13682/2021

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WITH

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WRIT PETITION NO. 13682 OF 2021

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RAJENDRA UTTAMCHAND KATARIYA DIED THR LRS KALPANA RAJENDRA KATARIYA VERSUS

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THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITY OF INDIA THR ITS PROJECT DIRECTOR AND ANOTHER

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Advocate for Applicant : Mr. Patil Vijay Bhalerao AGP for Respondent/State : Ms. P.V. Diggikar

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Advocate for Respondent No.1 in WP in Sr. No.917 and 921 : Mr. D.S. Manorkar a/w. D.P. Madkar

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Senior panel counsel for respondent No.2 - UOI : Mr. Rahul Bagal,

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Mr. R.R. Bangar and Mr. N.T. Bhagat

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CORAM : MANISH PITALE & Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, JJ.

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DATE : 20.09.2025

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PER COURT:

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By these civil applications, the legal representatives of the deceased petitioner in these petitions are seeking permission to be brought on record to pursue the writ petitions. The copies of the death certificate of the original petitioner i.e. Rajendra Uttamchand Katariya are placed on record along with the Civil Applications. The details of the proposed legal representatives are also specifically given in the applications.

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We have perused the contents of the applications. We are

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satisfied that the applications deserve to be allowed in the interest of

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justice.

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Accordingly, the applications are allowed. The legal representatives, whose details are given in the applications, are permitted to brought on record in place of the original petitioner in all these petitions. Amendment be carried out within two weeks from today.

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(Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J.) (MANISH PITALE, J.)

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Rajendra Uttamchand Katariya Died Thr Lrs Kalpana Rajendra Katariya and Another v. the National Highway Authority of India Thr Its Project Director and Another

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