Pravin Madhukar Jagtap and Ors. v. the Tahasildar Wadgaon Maval and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ Petition No. 6011 of 2024; High Court of Judicature at Bombay; Somasekhar Sundaresan J.; Pravin Madhukar Jagtap; Tahasildar Wadgaon Maval; Gram Panchayat; Sarpanch; Mamlatdar's Courts Act 1906; Section 5; Section 7; Gat No.28/1; Gat No.30/1; Panchanama; crematorium; dam; public access; excavation; blocking access; remand to Mamlatdar; order dated October 31, 2023; letter dated June 27, 2022; letter dated July 14, 2022; disposed of March 24, 2026.
What did the court decide?
Impugned Order interfered with only to the limited extent of its reference to Gat No.28/1 and 30/1; consideration of the issues relating to those two parcels remanded to the Mamlatdar; Gram Panchayat given liberty to file a proper Petition under Section 5 of the Mamlatdar's Courts Act, 1906 detailing the factual matrix; once filed per prescribed due process, the concerned authority may deal with it, including making a Panchanama with precise specificity; Petition finally disposed of.