Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited vs Yelchury Ashok Kumar — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited vs Yelchury Ashok Kumar — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Chamber Order granted as prayed, subject to payment of cost of Rs. 5,000/- to respondent no. 1; upon payment, the captioned Petition (WPL/40506/2022) to be restored to file, with the petitioner to remove office objections and obtain registration/numbering by filing/uploading a compliance praecipe within four weeks from the date of payment of cost, failing which the Petition shall stand rejected for non-compliance of O.S.Rule 986.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Chamber Order seeking setting aside of the Order dated 04.03.2024, which rejected the captioned Petition for non-compliance of office objections under O.S.Rule 986, should be allowed.

Court's answer

The Chamber Order is granted as prayed, subject to payment of cost of Rs. 5,000/- to respondent no. 1.

Ratio / Principle

Upon payment of the cost, the captioned Petition is to be restored to file, and the petitioner is to remove the office objections of the Petition.

Key takeaways

The petitioner must get the Petition registered/numbered by filing/uploading a compliance praecipe within four weeks from the date of payment of cost, failing which the Petition shall stand rejected for non-compliance of O.S.Rule 986.ratio¶9

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Chamber Order (48 CHOL/348/2026) in Writ Petition WPL/40506/2022 - By Chamber Order dated 06.05.2026, the Prothonotary & Senior Master (Anil H. Laddhad) granted the applicant's Chamber Order seeking setting aside of the Order dated 04.03.2024, which had rejected the captioned Petition for non-compliance of office objections under O.S.Rule 986, subject to payment of cost of Rs. 5,000/- to respondent no. 1. Upon payment of the cost, the Petition is to be restored to file; the petitioner must remove the office objections and get the Petition registered/numbered by filing/uploading a compliance praecipe within four weeks from the date of payment of cost, failing which the Petition shall again stand rejected for non-compliance of O.S.Rule 986.

Before : Anil H. Laddhad, Prothonotary & Senior Master Date : 06^th May, 2026

FOR HEARING AND FINAL DISPOSAL :

48 CHOL/348/2026 in WPL/40506/2022

) Ms. Gayatri Khanvilkar i/b. Vinod Joshi, ) Advocate for the applicant.

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) Ms. Aditi jain i/b. Sriram Sridharan, Advocate ) for respondent no. 1. )

) Ms. Bushra Moughal i/b. Ashok Shetty, ) Advocate for respondent no. 2 (Later on ) present) )

) P.C.: The present Chamber Order is e-filed by the ) applicant for setting aside Order dated ) 04.03.2024, rejecting captioned Petition for ) non-compliance of office objections under ) O.S.Rule 986. ) Ld. Advocate for the applicant tenders ) Affidavit of Service, showing service of ) Chamber Order upon respondents, which is ) taken on record. ) ) Heard both the sides. Ld. Advocate for the ) applicant stated that they have already ) removed office objections. However, neither ) there is compliance praecipe nor justification ) placed on record. Looking to the office ) objections raised and Order passed in the ) matter, in my view, the Chamber Order can be ) allowed by saddling cost on the applicant. ) Hence, in the interest of justice, present ) Chamber Order is granted as prayed subject to ) payment of cost of Rs. 5,000/- to be paid to ) respondent no. 1. ) Upon payment of cost, captioned Petition be ) restored to file, and the petitioner to remove ) office objections of the Petition and get the ) same registered/numbered by filing/uploading ) compliance praecipe within four weeks from ) the date of payment of cost, failing Petition to ) stand rejected for non-compliance of O.S.Rule ) 986.

Upon payment of cost, captioned Petition be restored to file, and the petitioner to remove office objections of the Petition and get the same registered/numbered by filing/uploading compliance praecipe within four weeks from the date of payment of cost, failing Petition to stand rejected for non-compliance of O.S.Rule 986.

Prothonotary and Senior Master

Date : 06.05.2026

Digitally signed by RAJEEV RAJEEVVIJAY VIJAYACHARYA ACHARYA Date: 2026.05.07 16:23:17 +0530