Sagar Bapu Gawade v. the District Co. Operative Election Officer Ahilyanagar and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition 3435 of 2026, Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench, decided 01 April 2026, Per Court (Vibha Kankanwadi & Hiten S. Venegavkar JJ); petitioner Sagar Bapu Gawade v. District Co Operative Election Officer Ahilyanagar and others; cooperative society election; Section 152 Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act appeal pending before respondent No.2; respondent No.4 notice to convene meeting on 06.04.2026; stay application in appeal; directions to postpone election programme; expedited decision of appeal/stay application by 30.04.2026; further election proceedings after 30.04.2026; writ petition disposed of with interim directions; advocates Abhijit S. More (petitioner), R.S. Wani AGP (State), S.K. Kadam (Respondent No.1).
What did the court decide?
Interim directions granted: election programme postponed by respondent No.1; respondent No.2 to prepone the appellate date, issue notices immediately, and decide the stay application or the appeal itself on or before 30.04.2026; further election proceedings to be taken up by respondent No.1 after 30.04.2026 depending on that decision.