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Bhagwan Gangaram Bansode v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. District Collector, Solapur and Ors.

Bombay HC26 Nov 2025WP/12397/2025

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Bombay HC (Kolhapur circuit bench) W.P. 12397/2025, disposed 28.11.2025 (Karnik & Kadethankar, JJ.): direction to District Collector, Solapur to decide within six weeks on SDO Madha Division, Kurduwadi communication dt. 07.11.2024 for return of land acquired for Ujani Dam, after considering Deputy Executive Engineer's no objection certificate dt. 25.10.2018 (Exhibit-J); hearing of petitioner optional; land acquisition; return of acquired land; Ujani Dam Management Department; Solapur; Madha Division.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of with all contentions kept open; District Collector, Solapur directed to decide on the Sub Divisional Officer's 7 November 2024 communication, after considering the Exhibit-J no objection, within six weeks of communication of this order. ¶17

Bhagwan Gangaram Bansode vs the State of Maharashtra Thr. District Collector, Solapur and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the District Collector, Solapur should be made to take a decision on the Sub Divisional Officer's communication of 7 November 2024, after considering the Deputy Executive Engineer's no objection (Exhibit-J), regarding return of the acquired land to the land owners.

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Ratio / Principle

This Court directs the District Collector, Solapur to take a decision on the communication dated 7 November 2024 addressed by the Sub Divisional Officer.

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Key takeaways

The decision is to be taken after considering the no objection certificate dated 25 October 2018 (Exhibit-J), as expeditiously as possible and, in any case, within six weeks from the date of communication of this order.ratio¶16
It is left to the District Collector's discretion to hear the petitioner, if necessary.ratio¶16

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Writ Petition No. 12397 of 2025 — Bhagwan Gangaram Bansode v. The State of Maharashtra through District Collector, Solapur and others (High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Circuit Bench at Kolhapur; M.S. Karnik & Ajit B. Kadethankar, JJ.; 28 November 2025): Petition disposed of with all contentions kept open. Background: the Deputy Executive Engineer, Ujani Dam Management Department had issued a no objection (certificate dated 25 October 2018, Exhibit-J) that the department did not need the acquired land and had no objection to returning it to the land owners from whom it was acquired, following which the Sub Divisional Officer, Madha Division, Kurduwadi addressed a communication dated 7 November 2024 to the District Collector, Solapur. Holding: the Court directed the District Collector, Solapur to take a decision on that communication after considering the Exhibit-J no objection, as expeditiously as possible and in any case within six weeks from communication of the order, with discretion to hear the petitioner. No statute or precedent case was cited; no impugned order was identified.

Bhagwan Gangaram Bansode v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. District Collector, Solapur and Ors.

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