Jagdamba Devi Rashin Thr Its Trustee Nilkanth D Deshmukh and Ors. v. Joint Charity Commissioner Pune and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Aurangabad Bench; Writ Petition No. 4896 of 2026; Jagdamba Devi Rashin; Nilkanth D Deshmukh trustee; Joint Charity Commissioner Pune; Assistant Charity Commissioner Ahilyanagar; Maharashtra Public Trust Act 1950; Section 50-A(3); Inquiry No.31/2021; Miscellaneous Application No.71/2026; Appeal No.44/2026; stay application pending; execution abeyance; scheme framed by Assistant Charity Commissioner; order dated 24.02.2026; order dated 01.04.2026; S.G. Chapalgaonkar J.; 04 May 2026; writ petition disposed; charity commissioner appeal stay; Maharashtra public trusts.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with two operative directions: (i) the Joint Charity Commissioner to expeditiously pass order on the petitioners' stay application in Appeal No.44 of 2026; and (ii) execution, implementation and operation of the order dated 24.02.2026 of the Assistant Charity Commissioner, Ahilyanagar in Inquiry No.31 of 2021 kept in abeyance till disposal of the stay application on merit. No order appears in the operative part on the prayer to quash the order dated 01.04.2026 in Miscellaneous Application No.71/2026.