Dr.Minal Gulabrao Shelke @ Dr.Minal Anand Patil v. The State Of Mah'Tra And ORS

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.685 OF 1997 Dr. Minal Gulabrao Shelke ... Petitioner Vs.

The State of Maharashtra and ors ... Respondent s none for the Petitioner Mr. A. I. Patel, AGP for respondent Nos.

1 to 3.

Mr. Faizan S.K. i/by Mr. V. M. Thorat, for respondent No.13.

CORAM: A. S. OKA & SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, JJ.

DATED : JULY 27, 2017 P.C. :

1.

When the petition was called out for final hearing, none appeared for the petitioner. The office remark is that files are not traceable.

2.

Learned AGP has produced for perusal of the Court a true copy of reply filed on behalf of State Government. In this petition, the challenge is to the selection of respondent No.13 for M.D. Degree Course in Gynecology in Grant Medical College. The selection of respondent No.13 was made on 26th December, 1996. It appears that with the passage of time, petitioner may not be

262 wp 685 of 1997.doc interested in prosecuting the petition. Accordingly we dismiss the petition for non prosecution. Rule is discharged. 3.

If the petitioner wants to prosecute the petition, the petitioner will have to apply for restoration by filing the true copies of Writ Petition, reply and documents on record, to enable the Registry to reconstruct the files.

(SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI, J.) (A.S. OKA, J.)