Gangadhar Bhika Pawar vs State of Maharashtra Thr Principal Secretary and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Gangadhar Bhika Pawar vs State of Maharashtra Thr Principal Secretary and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ Petition allowed and disposed with directions: the pending Revision Application (page No.42 of the Petition) to be decided within 8 weeks after hearing the Petitioner, followed by a speaking reasoned order by the State; copy of the order to the concerned Desk Officer; Petitioner to appear before the concerned Authority on 24.11.2025 at 12:00 Noon for fixation of the hearing date.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Court should pass appropriate directions for expeditious determination of RTS No.378 of 2024 / the pending Revision proceedings before the State Authority, so as to ameliorate the exigency and ignominy of the Petitioner.

Court's answer

The pending Revision Application appended at page No.42 of the Petition shall be decided within a period of 8 weeks after hearing the Petitioner, and the State is directed to pass a speaking reasoned order thereafter.

Ratio / Principle

A copy of the order shall be informed to the concerned Desk Officer, and the Petitioner shall appear before the Court concerned / Authority of the State on 24.11.2025 at 12:00 Noon, on which date the appropriate date for hearing shall be fixed.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Milind N. Jadhav, J.) allowed and disposed Writ Petition No.14883 of 2025, Gangadhar Bhika Pawar v. State of Maharashtra. The petition — originally filed in 2014, dismissed for default and subsequently restored — concerned an impugned order passed in RTS affecting the Petitioner's possession of suit property held since 1984, the statutory challenge having been exhausted with Revision proceedings pending before the State Authority. Recording the position apprised by the learned AGP in terms of paragraph 7 of the Court's earlier order dated 13.10.2025, the Court directed that the pending Revision Application appended at page No.42 of the Petition be decided within a period of 8 weeks after hearing the Petitioner, with the State to pass a speaking reasoned order thereafter; a copy of the order was to be conveyed to the concerned Desk Officer and the Petitioner was directed to appear before the concerned Authority on 24.11.2025 at 12:00 Noon for fixation of the hearing date.

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HARSHADA H. SAWANT (P.A.)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION NO.14883 OF 2025

Gangadhar Bhika Pawar .. Petitioner

Versus State of Maharashtra, Through Principal Secretary and Ors. .. Respondents

Mr. Jayendra Khairnar a/w. Ms. Gauri Kulkarni and Aleema Bohra, Advocates for Petitioner.

Mr. H.D. Mulla, AGP for Respondent – State.

CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : NOVEMBER 18, 2025

P.C.:

1. Heard Mr. Khairnar, learned Advocate for Petitioner and Mr.

Mulla, learned AGP for Respondent – State.

2. On 13.10.2025, after hearing Mr. Khairnar following order

was passed:-

“ 1. Not on Board. Mentioned by way of filing praecipe dated 13.10.2025. Perused the praecipe.

Heard Mr. Khairnar, learned Advocate for Petitioner.

This Petition is filed in the year 2014 was dismissed for default but has been subsequently restored.

Mr. Khairnar would submit that Petitioner is in possession of suit property since 1984 but by virtue of the impugned order passed in RTS is affected. Statutory challenge to the impugned order has been exhausted by Petitioner but the Revision proceedings are pending before the State Authority.

He would persuade the Court to pass appropriate directions to determine RTS No.378 of 2024 expeditiously so as to ameliorate the exigency and ignominy of Petitioner. In view of the above issue notice to Respondents.

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Humdast permitted. In addition to Court’s notice, Petitioner is directed to serve the other side a copy of this order and copy of Writ Petition and inform about the next date of hearing by any permissible mode of service and file appropriate affidavit of service with tangible proof thereof.

Learned AGP appearing for State and its functionaries is directed to take appropriate instructions and inform the Court as to within how which time the State shall determine the pending Revision proceedings and accordingly apprise the Court on the next adjourned date.

Stand over to 04^th November, 2025 .

Praecipe is disposed.”

3. In terms of directions contained in paragraph No.7 of the

aforesaid order, learned AGP apprised the Court that pending Revision Application appended at page No.42 of the Petition shall be decided

within a period of 8 weeks after hearing Petitioner and the State is directed to pass a speaking reasoned order thereafter.

4. Copy of this order shall be informed to the concerned Desk Officer hearing the matter and Petitioner shall appear before the Court concerned / Authority of the State on 24.11.2025 at 12 : 00 Noon on which date appropriate date for hearing shall be fixed.

5. With the above directions, Writ Petition is allowed and

disposed.

H. H. SAWANT

[ MILIND N. JADHAV, J. ]

Digitally signed by HARSHADA HARSHADA HANUMANT HANUMANT SAWANT SAWANT Date: 2025.11.19 16:06:19 +0530

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