Jagannath S/O Prakash Kulal and Another v. the State of Maharashtra, Thr. Secretary, Rural Development Dept., Mumbai and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench — Writ Petition No. 2391 of 2025, Jagannath s/o Prakash Kulal v. State of Maharashtra, decided 07.04.2026 by Prafulla S. Khubalkar, J. Key terms: disqualification of Sarpanch; Section 14(1)(j-3), Maharashtra Village Panchayat Act, 1959; alleged encroachment on government land Survey No.501 (1069 sq.ft., regularised); unregistered document of partition versus partition deed dated 10.05.2005; village Form 8 entries; rejection orders of Additional Collector, Buldhana (14.03.2024) and Divisional Commissioner, Amravati (07.02.2025); no perversity; Article 227, Constitution of India; writ petition dismissed, no order as to costs.
What did the court decide?
There is no material on record to show that respondent No.4 made any encroachment on government land bearing Survey No.501; hence no disqualification under Section 14(1)(j-3) is attracted.