Ravindra Ganpati Nimgaonkar v. State of Maharashtra Thro. Its Secretary General
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Writ Petition No.2508 of 2026, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (Civil Appellate Jurisdiction), decided 17 March 2026 by R.I. Chagla and Advait M. Sethna, JJ. Petitioner: Ravindra Ganpati Nimgaonkar; Respondents: State of Maharashtra (Resp. No.1) and Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation/KDMC (Resp. No.2). Subject: prayer for a direction to KDMC to decide the petitioner's representation dated 6 November 2025 expeditiously, in light of the Bombay High Court judgment in Writ Petition No.903 of 2020 (4 May 2021) and the Supreme Court judgment in State of Maharashtra v. Raja Tukaram Shinde, Civil Appeal No.6212 of 2025 (28 April 2025). Result: KDMC's undertaking to consider the representation within six weeks accepted; writ petition disposed of; no orders as to costs. Counsel: R.K. Mendadkar (petitioner); P.P. Kakade, Addl. GP, with D.S. Deshmukh, AGP (Respondent No.1); A.S. Rao (Respondent No.2).