Bhavna Wd/O Anil Kadu and Others v. Omprakash Namdeo Gohatre and Others

Bombay HC11 Jul 2025WP/2348/2024

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What is this about?

Alternate and equally efficacious remedy; writ petition disposed of as not maintainable; second revision before State Government (Maharashtra); Additional Commissioner, Amravati Division; Revision Application No.112/RTS-64/Nimgavan/2016-17; reliance on Gurudassing Nawoosing Panjwani v. State of Maharashtra, 2015 AIR SCW 6277 (SC, 06.11.2015); four-week window to prefer second revision; condonation of delay; no order as to costs.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief; petitioner given liberty to file second revision before the State Government within four weeks, with delay in prosecuting the writ petition to be considered for condonation of delay. ¶¶12

Bhavna Wd/O Anil Kadu and Others vs Omprakash Namdeo Gohatre and Others — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the writ petition challenging the order dated 27.02.2024 of the Additional Commissioner, Amravati Division, Amravati is maintainable, given the petitioner's alternate and equally efficacious remedy of filing a second revision before the State Government.

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Court's answer

The petitioner has an alternate and equally efficacious remedy against the order passed by the Additional Commissioner, Amravati, namely to file a second revision before the State Government.

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Ratio / Principle

In view of the Apex Court decision in Gurudassing Nawoosing Panjwani (2015 AIR SCW 6277, decided 06.11.2015), the writ petition is disposed of as not maintainable, with no order as to costs.

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Key takeaways

The petitioner may file revision before the State Government within four weeks, and the delay in prosecuting the writ petition is to be taken into consideration while considering the application for condonation of delay.ratio¶¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Nagpur Bench), single Judge (Siddheshwar S. Thombre, J.; decision dated 07.10.2025), disposed of Writ Petition No.2348 of 2024 as NOT MAINTAINABLE. The petition challenged the order dated 27.02.2024 passed by the Additional Commissioner, Amravati Division, Amravati in Revision Application No.112/RTS-64/Nimgavan/2016-17. Relying on the Supreme Court decision in Gurudassing Nawoosing Panjwani v. State of Maharashtra and Others, 2015 AIR SCW 6277 (decided 06.11.2015), the Judge held that the petitioner had an alternate and equally efficacious remedy of filing a second revision before the State Government. The petitioner was permitted to file the second revision within four weeks, with the delay in prosecuting the writ petition to be taken into consideration while considering any condonation-of-delay application. No order as to costs.

Bhavna Wd/O Anil Kadu and Others v. Omprakash Namdeo Gohatre and Others

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