Dashrath Bappaji Deokar and Another v. the State of Maharashtra through Its Secretary and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Conversion of appeal into revision under S.35 Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act 1947; no time limit prescribed for revision; reasonable period fixed at three years by judicial pronouncements; appeal filed after lapse of 836 days; delay and laches; maintainability of revision application; amendment allowed by Additional Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department on application dated 20.12.2024 in appeal no.417 of 2022; Article 227 writ dismissed; Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench; Dashrath Bappaji Deokar v. State of Maharashtra; WP 6875/2025.
What did the court decide?
None; writ petition dismissed with observations preserving the petitioners' liberty to raise objections as to delay, laches and maintainability of the revision before the concerned authority. No costs. ¶6