Vishnu Narayan Chawan v. the State of Maharashtra Thr. Principal Secretary and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Withdrawal disposal of writ petition before the High Court of Judicature at Bombay. Petitioner: Vishnu Narayan Chawan (counsel: Dushyant Pagare). Respondents: State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary & Ors. (counsel: T. N. Bhatia, A.G.P.). Bench: Revati Mohite Dere and Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ. Decision dated 17 June 2025. Petition disposed of as withdrawn; no merits hearing; no reliefs granted; no statutory provisions or case law cited.
What did the court decide?
Leave granted to the petitioner to withdraw the writ petition, since the reliefs sought do not survive; the petition was disposed of as withdrawn, with the Court expressly clarifying that it had not heard the petition on merits. ¶13