Shri Saibaba Sansthan Shirdi Through Its Chief Executive Officer v. The State Of Maharashtra And Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD CIVIL APPLICATION NO.1742 OF 2020 IN PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.120 OF 2019 Shri Saibaba Sansthan Shirdi, Tq. Rahata, Dist. Ahmednagar, Through its Chief Executive Officer Deepak s/o Madhukarrao Muglikar, Age: 58 years, Occu: Service, R/o. Shirdi, Tq. Rahata, Dist. Ahmednagar ..APPLICANT

VERSUS

The State of Maharashtra, Through the Principal Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra in Law & Judiciary Department, Mantralaya, Fort, Mumbai - 32 & ors.

..RESPONDENTS Mr A. S. Khedkar, Advocate h/f Mr N. R. Bhavar, Advocate for applicant;

Mr S. P. Sonpawale, A.G.P. for respondent No.1; Mr P. D. Jarare, Advocate for respondent No.4; Mr A. V. Hon, Advocate for respondent No.5;

Mr V. R. Dhorde, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 & 6 Mr Ajinkya Kale, Advocate h/f Mr S. B. Talekar, Advocate for respondent No.7 CORAM : PRASANNA B. VARALE AND R. G. AVACHAT, JJ.

DATE : 13th February, 2020 ORAL ORDER:

Heard Mr Khedkar, learned Counsel holding for Mr Bhavar, learned Counsel for the applicant - Sansthan.

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By way of present application, the applicant prays for approval to the amounts mentioned in para 4 of the present civil application as expenses towards the concession given to the patients in medical bills and implementation of the Resolution Nos.553, 554, 562, 563, 564 and 565 adopted by the Ad-hoc Committee on 4th December, 2019. 3.

Learned Counsel for the applicant invited our attention to the subjects referred to in the Resolution and all these subjects are in relation to the concession given to the patients in the medical bills of Shri. Sainath Hospital for the period from April 2019 to June 2019 and July 2019 to September 2019 as well as to the patients in medical bills of Shri. Saibaba Hospital and Shri. Sainath Blood Bank in the months of August 2019, September 2019, October 2019 and to make good all the amount which was received less than the sanctioned amount under Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Jan Arogya Yojna in respect of 28 patients operated till or about 31st March, 2019. These expenses are towards providing medical facilities to the patients, who are unable to afford the medical treatment and this serves the cause of public. 4.

Learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner in public interest litigation (respondent No.7 in the present application) is also not objecting the application seriously.

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Accordingly, we allow the present civil application in terms of prayer clause (B) and the same stands disposed of. (R. G. AVACHAT, J.) (PRASANNA B. VARALE, J.) sjk