Maruti Balkrishna Kadav v. Shivagi Pandurang Telang and Ors.
Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 – Sections 32P, 76 and 84C – Allotment of land – Order of priority
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Writ Petition No. 3215 of 2009 (with Interim Application No. 2720 of 2025), High Court of Judicature at Bombay, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction, Amit Borkar, J., decided 25 February 2026. Tenancy-land allotment priority dispute under Sections 84C, 32P and 76 of the Bombay Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948 between Maruti Balkrishna Kadav (petitioner) and Shivagi Pandurang Telange (Respondent No. 1) and others. The Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal, Mumbai had held Tenancy Revision Case No. 67/B/2007 infructuous because mutation entries were effected in respondent No. 1's favour on the concerned Minister's directions under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The High Court held that a mere mutation entry neither confers nor extinguishes substantive rights and cannot displace the MRT's statutory duty to adjudicate Section 32P priority; it quashed the MRT order dated 7 January 2009 and remanded for fresh decision within six months (appearance on 9 March 2026). No costs; interim application disposed of.