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Liffey Developers Private Limited and Anr. v. Amarjee Jha

Bombay HC21 Jan 2026IA/7486/2025

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What is this about?

Bombay HC (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction); IA 7486/2025 in WP 145/2020; Liffey Developers Private Limited & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.; interim application in disposed writ petition; interest on refunded stamp duty; Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps; DB order 20/12/2024 deadline 31/03/2025 missed; representations decided 31/10/2025; application withdrawn with liberty to file appropriate proceedings; all contentions left open; Kotwal & Patil, JJ.; 21 January 2026.

What did the court decide?

Withdrawal of the Interim Application permitted, with liberty to adopt appropriate proceedings in accordance with law in the changed circumstance of the passing of the order by the original Respondent No.2; all contentions left open. ¶26

Liffey Developers Private Limited and Anr. vs Amarjee Jha — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether an Interim Application in a disposed of Writ Petition was maintainable. +1 more

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Court's answer

Permission granted to withdraw the Interim Application with liberty to adopt appropriate proceedings in accordance with law in the changed circumstance of the passing of the order by the original Respondent No.2; the application is disposed of.

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Ratio / Principle

Since Respondent No.2 (Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps) had decided the Applicants' representations on 31/10/2025, with communication of the order to follow per rules, the Applicants, if aggrieved, will have to challenge that order.

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Key takeaways

All contentions raised by the Applicants are left open.obiter¶27

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Interim Application No.7486 of 2025 filed in a disposed-of Writ Petition No.145 of 2020 (Liffey Developers Private Limited & Anr. v. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.), High Court of Bombay (OO CJ), coram Sarang V. Kotwal & Sandesh D. Patil, JJ., decided 21 January 2026. The Applicants sought enforcement of the Division Bench order dated 20/12/2024 whereby Respondent No.2, The Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps, was directed to decide their representations for payment of interest on refunded stamp duty on or before 31/03/2025; counsel conceded he could not establish maintainability of an interim application in a disposed-of petition. The AGP informed the Court that Respondent No.2 had in fact decided the representations on 31/10/2025, with communication to follow per rules. The Court opined that aggrieved Applicants must challenge that fresh order, permitted withdrawal of the application with liberty to adopt appropriate proceedings in accordance with law, disposed of the application, and left all contentions open. No statute or precedent case was cited.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

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INTERIM APPLICATION NO.7486 OF 2025

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WRIT PETITION NO.145 OF 2020

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Liffey Developers Private Limited & Anr. .... Applicants IN THE MATTER BETWEEN : Liffey Developers Private Limited & Anr. .... Petitioners versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors. .... Respondents

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Ms. Veenu C. Khatri, Advocate for Applicants/Petitioners.

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Mr. Himanshu Takke, AGP a/w Mr. Prashant Kamble, a/w Mr. Rakesh Pathak, AGP for State/Respondents.

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CORAM : SARANG V. KOTWAL & SANDESH D. PATIL, JJ. DATE : 21^st JANUARY, 2026

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P.C. :

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1. This is an Interim Application in a disposed of Petition.

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MANUSHREE NESARIKAR

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Digitally signed by MANUSHREE NESARIKAR Date: 2026.01.29 10:47:42 +0530

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Learned counsel for the Applicants/Petitioners submitted that the Division Bench of this Court vide the order dated

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20/12/2024 in the present Petition had directed the Respondent

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No.2 The Inspector General of Registration and Controller of

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Nesarikar

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Stamps, to decide the applications/representations made by the Applicants herein for payment of interest on the refunded stamp duty on or before 31/03/2025. According to the learned counsel for the Applicants, this timeline was not adhered to and no order was passed till 31/03/2025. Therefore, the present application is filed. Learned counsel for the Applicants could not point out as to how an Interim Application in a disposed of Petition was maintainable.

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However, learned AGP appearing in this case stated before the Court that The Inspector General of Registration and Controller of Stamps, has decided the Applicants' representations on 31/10/2025 and the order shall be communicated in accordance with rules to the Applicants.

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Considering this situation, the Applicants will have to challenge the said order if they are aggrieved at all.

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When we expressed our opinion, learned counsel for

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the Applicants sought permission to withdraw this application

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with liberty to adopt appropriate proceedings in accordance with law in the changed circumstance of passing of the order by the original Respondent No.2.

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Permission is granted. The application is allowed to be withdrawn with such liberty and is disposed of.

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All the contentions raised by the Applicants are left

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open.

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(SANDESH D. PATIL, J.) (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)

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