Digambar Vishwanath Wade and Ors. v. the State of Maharshtra Thr Its Coopertive Dept and Ors.
Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 – Sections 88, 98 and 152
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court; Civil Writ Petition No. 13781 of 2025; Digambar Vishwanath Wade and Ors.; The State of Maharashtra Thr. Its Cooperative Dept; Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act 1960; Section 88 order dated 24.02.2025 by Respondent No. 2; Section 98 proceeding decided/rejected; Section 152 appeal before Division Joint Registrar; application for stay; auction of agricultural property; ad-interim/interim relief within two weeks; auction sale not to be finalized for two weeks from 12.01.2026; writ petition disposed on 08.01.2026; M. S. Karnik and S. M. Modak, JJ.; AGP T.N. Bhatia; Adv. Chetan S. Damre; Adv. Omkar S. Banbe.
What did the court decide?
Interim protection only: the auction sale of the Petitioners' agricultural property not to be finalized for two weeks from 12th January 2026, subject to any order of the Division Joint Registrar or the Competent Forum in the stay application; Division Joint Registrar requested to decide the Section 152 appeal and stay application expeditiously and directed to consider ad-interim/interim relief within two weeks of communication of the order; Petitioners to produce a copy of the order before the Division Joint Registrar on Monday at 11.30 a.m.