Anil Namdev Kandarkar v. Tahasildar Kolhapur
Case brief
What is this about?
Royalty dues; minor mineral excavation; District Mining Officer Kolhapur communication dated 7 September 2022; royalty challans submitted; balance payment deposited; adjustment of royalty by deductions from PWD contractor payments; Tahasildar Kolhapur; ad-interim relief in terms of prayer clause (b); notice for final disposal returnable 1 August 2025; reply affidavits three weeks; Writ Petition No. 3783 of 2025; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Manish Pitale, J.; interim/prima facie finding.
What did the court decide?
Interlocutory (notice-stage) order: notice issued for final disposal returnable on 1 August 2025; respondents to file reply affidavits within three weeks and rejoinder affidavit, if any, within one week thereafter; ad-interim relief granted in the meanwhile in terms of prayer clause (b). ¶21