Sachin Ranganath Bhagat v. Pune Municipal Corporation Thr Deputy Engineer and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Sachin Ranganath Bhagat v. Pune Municipal Corporation; Bombay High Court; Public Interest Litigation No. 71 of 2024; disposed of 13 February 2025; Coram: Alok Aradhe, CJ. and Bharati Dangre, J.; Talathi Office; Survey No. 45B Wadgaonsheri Pune; 10 Ares reserved land; Pune Police Department; shifting/diversion of Nallah (watercourse); disputed question of fact; Article 226 Constitution of India; summary nature of writ proceedings; liberty to pursue alternative remedy; PMC affidavit-in-reply; ex-Corporator petitioner; advocates: Niranjan Mogre, Vishwanath Patil, O. A. Chandurkar (Addl. Govt. Pleader), M. M. Pabale (AGP), G. R. Raghuwanshi (AGP).
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner to take recourse to such remedy as may be available to him with regard to his grievance of shifting of the Nallah; no substantive direction issued on making the reserved land available for the Talathi Office.