Umesh Tulshiram Bhanage @ Jadhav v. Deputy Collector Rehabilitation and Ors.
Article 226 – writ of mandamus – Koyna Hydro Project rehabilitation
Case brief
What is this about?
Koyna Hydro Project oustees — alternate land and residential plot — Deputy Collector, Rehabilitation, Raigad failure to decide application dated 20.02.2023 — Report No. Punarv/Koyna/SR/102/23 dated 16.06.2023 (Deputy Collector, Rehabilitation, Satara) — eligibility decided in favour of petitioner — Article 226 mandamus — Bombay High Court, G.S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe JJ., 12 September 2025 — petition disposed with direction to decide within 4 weeks, rights kept open, no costs.
What did the court decide?
Mandamus in substance: Respondent No.1 directed to consider and decide the Petitioner's pending application dated 20.02.2023 and the Report No. Punarv/Koyna/SR/102/23 expeditiously, within 4 weeks, after hearing all parties; rights and contentions kept open; no order as to costs. ¶26