Dayanand Bhau Patil v. the State of Maharashtra Thr Its Principal Secretary and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Short-order writ petition (WP 2631/2024, Bombay HC, Division Bench of Revati Mohite Dere & Dr. Neela Gokhale, JJ., 14 August 2025) disposed of on the basis of the State's statement/undertaking: renewal application dated 24.08.2022 for CL-3 License No. 165 (excise), wrongly filed before Collector Palghar instead of Collector Ratnagiri, forwarded on 12.08.2025, to be decided within four weeks of receipt; A.G.P Pooja Joshi Deshpande for State; petitioner's counsel Vikram S. Undre.
What did the court decide?
Direction that the petitioner's renewal application dated 24th August 2022 be decided by the Office of the Collector, Ratnagiri as expeditiously as possible and, in any event, within four weeks from the date of its receipt (State's statement accepted); learned A.G.P to communicate the order to the concerned authority. ¶23