Nilavanti Jagannath Sawale v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Another

2024:BHC-AUG:4944-DB 20-WP-2371-2024.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 2371 OF 2024 Nilavanti Jagannath Sawale

VERSUS

The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Another ...

Mr. M. D. Shinde h/f Ms. Manisha Patil Dhule, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. P. K. Lakhotiya, AGP for Respondents ...

CORAM

: RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & R. M. JOSHI, JJ DATE : MARCH 04, 2024 PER COURT :

1.

We have perused the Government Resolution dated 28.11.2018, which permits the aggrieved person to file an appropriate application by following a particular procedure, for seeking compensation. 2.

As such, this Petition is disposed off with liberty to the Petitioner to follow the due procedure and file an appropriate application with Respondent No. 2, considering that the earlier applications were legal notices.

3.

If such an application is filed, Respondent

20-WP-2371-2024.odt No. 2 shall deal with the said application and communicate his response to the Petitioner within 75 days from the date of the receipt of the application. We leave it open to the authorities to consider as to whether the Petitioner would be covered by the said Government Resolution in view of the fact he had dashed an animal in the forest described as 'Roha'.

(R. M. JOSHI, J) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J) Malani