Bhairappa Amoghsiddh Mhetre and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra Thru Dept. of General Administration and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No.97 of 2023, Bombay High Court, decided 7 May 2025 (2025:BHC-AS:21001-DB), Coram Sonak & Jain, JJ. Keywords: property taken over; due process of law; takeover without due process; compensation award already made; liberty to challenge award; further proceedings; contentions left open; consent disposal; affidavit-in-reply by AGP; Respondent No.4 ZP Solapur; State of Maharashtra; Petitioners Bhairappa Amoghsiddh Mhetre & Anr.; counsel V. M. Thorat, Trisha M. Choudhari, A. I. Patel (Addl. G.P.), M. S. Bane (AGP), S. S. Koregave, Ashok Misal. Petition disposed (neither allowed nor dismissed on merits); no amounts quantified; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the Petitioners to challenge the compensation award or take such further proceedings as they may be advised in relation to their grievance; all contentions of all parties explicitly left open.