Kamal W/O Laxman Rajbhoi and Others v. the Tahasildar and Ors.
Writ jurisdiction under Article 227 of the Constitution of India – maintainability
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench (Siddheshwar S. Thombre, J., 20.01.2026), Writ Petition No. 2519 of 2019, Sanjivani Co-operative Housing Society Ltd v. The Tahasildar — writ petition disposed of on maintainability: alternate and equally efficacious remedy of second revision before the State Government; no extraordinary circumstances for Article 227 writ jurisdiction; RTS order dated 23.05.2017 (SDO, R.T.S. No.297/2016) confirmed in R.T.S. Appeal No.295/2017 and R.T.S. Revision No.294/2018; liberty to file second revision in six weeks; six-month decision timeline; interim relief to continue; all issues open; Gurudassing Nawoosing Panjwani (2015 AIR SCW 6277) relied on; M/s Utkal Highways Engineers and Contractors (SLP (C) No.14350/2022) referred.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition disposed of; petitioners at liberty to file a second revision before the State Government within six weeks; delay in prosecuting the petition to be considered by the revisional authority in the condonation of delay application; State Government directed to decide the second revision within six months of filing; interim relief granted earlier to continue till the decision of the second revision; all issues kept open; pending Civil Application No. 2478 of 2025 disposed of.