Dattatray Tanaji Shinde and Ors. v. the State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Kabnur Municipal Council upgradation; Gram Panchayat to Municipal Council; declaration of Municipal Council; Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayats and Industrial Townships Act 1965; Maharashtra Village Panchayats Act 1959; Part IXA Constitution of India; 74th Constitutional Amendment Act 1992; Collector of Kolhapur proposal 03-06-2020; deficiency cure 25-02-2022; intimation 24-05-2022; Collector letter 16-01-2025; Taluka Hatkanangle District Kolhapur; urban characteristics; population 16,500; public interest litigation interim order; affidavit-in-reply by AGP T.J. Kapre; petitioners Dattatray Tanaji Shinde and others; advocates Ajay Bhise, Manoj Sabale, Deepali Kedar; Coram M.S. Karnik and Sharmila U. Deshmukh JJ.; order dated 18-09-2025; next date 09-10-2025.
What did the court decide?
No final relief granted; interim order. Learned AGP to take instructions and file an affidavit-in-reply within two weeks indicating the further developments and the period within which an appropriate decision in accordance with law would be taken on the proposal dated 3rd June, 2020 and subsequent communications; matter listed on 9th October, 2025.