Prafulla Damodar Srujan v. Lalitkumar Dattatray Donde and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay; belated appeal against SDO order; Mutation Entry No.2028; certification refused by Circle Officer (4 March 1989); SDO order 23 February 2009; Additional Collector condoned delay 9 May 2014 without reasons; Additional Commissioner Konkan Division order 8 July 2016; revision before Hon'ble Minister (Revenue) order 16 October 2023; scope of revision confined to condonation order; jurisdictional error by expanding scope of revision; remand for fresh hearing; writ petition partly allowed and disposed; Praful Damodar Srujan v. Laltikumar Dattatraya Donde; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Writ Petition No. 617 of 2024; Sandeep V. Marne, J.; decided 26 March 2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition partly allowed and disposed of: orders dated 16 October 2023 (Hon'ble Minister), 8 July 2016 (Additional Commissioner, Konkan Division) and 9 May 2014 (Additional Collector) set aside; the condonation of delay application restored to the file of the Additional Collector to be decided afresh on its own merits without being influenced by the set-aside orders; both parties at liberty to rely on additional documents; expeditious decision of the condonation application directed.