Prashant Suryawanshi v. The State Of Maharashtra Thr Its Additional Chief Secretary Revenue And Forest Dept. And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.14216 OF 2024 Prashant Suryawanshi .. Petitioner Vs.

The State of Maharashtra, Through Revenue and Forest Department and Ors. .. Respondents Mr. Atul Damle, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Shashank Shusham, Ms. Payal Wardhan, Ms. Kinnari Raut and Mr. Laxmikant Patil, i/by Mr. Ashwin Sakolkar, Advocates for the Petitioner.

Mr. N.C. Walimbe, Additional Government Pleader for the RespondentState of Maharashtra. Mr. Ashutosh .R. Gole with Mr. Chirag Shah and Ms. Kavita Dhanuka, Advocates for Respondent No.3.

CORAM : A.S. CHANDURKAR & RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ DATE : 18TH OCTOBER 2024.

P.C. :

1.

One of the contentions raised by the learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner is that though the order of transfer of the petitioner dated 3rd August 2024 does not state that it has been issued in view of the directives issued by the Election Commission of India on 31st July 2024, the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal has upheld the order of transfer on that ground.

2.

Issue notice to the respondents, returnable on 18th November 2024. Mr. N.C. Walimbe, learned Additional Government Pleader waives notice for respondent nos.1 and 2 and Mr. Ashutosh Gole, learned counsel waives notice for respondent no.3.

3.

In view of the fact that the respondent no.3 has joined at the place of transfer on 7th October 2024, there is no case for grant of interim relief. [ RAJESH S. PATIL, J. ] [ A.S. CHANDURKAR, J. ] Digitally signed by SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT Date:

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