Milind Keer v. State Of Maharashtra Through The Office Of The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya And ORS

2-PIL-91-2024 Pdp

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 91 OF 2024 Milind Keer .. Petitioner

Versus

State of Maharashtra & Ors.

.. Respondents Mr. Arshad Shaik, Senior Advocate a/w Rajendra Jain, Vinsha Acharya, Pranil Lahigade, Aniket Pardeshi i/by Devansh Malhotra for petitioner. Mrs. Neha S. Bhide, Govt. Pleader with Mr. O. A. Chandurkar, Addl. Govt. Pleader and Mrs. G. R. Raghuwanshi, AGP for respondent nos.1, 2 and 4. Mr. Rakesh R. Bhatkar for respondent no.7.

Mr.

Siddharth Mehta a/w Nikita Mandaniyan, Shagufa Patel i/by Harshad Bhadbhade for respondent no.8.

CORAM:

ALOK ARADHE, CJ. & BHARATI DANGRE, J.

DATE:

4th MARCH, 2025 P.C.:

1.

In this Public Interest Litigation, petitioner, who is ExPresident of Ratnagiri Municipal Council, Ratnagiri, is aggrieved by inaction on the part of the official respondents in not taking any action on the complaint dated 11th October, 2023 submitted by the petitioner with regarding to submission of same purchase invoices by respondent no.8 for multiple work orders.

2.

Issue notice to the respondents.

2-PIL-91-2024 3.

Learned Government Pleader appears on behalf of respondent nos.1,2 and 4 and waives service of notice. Mr. Bhatkar, learned counsel appears on behalf of respondent no.7 and waives service of notice. Mr. Mehta, learned counsel, appears on behalf of respondent no.8 and waives service of notice. Learned counsel for respondent nos.1, 2, 4, 7 and 8 pray for and are granted four weeks' time to enable them to file affidavit-in-reply.

4.

List on 9th April, 2025.

(BHARATI DANGRE, J.) (CHIEF JUSTICE) by PRAVIN DASHARATH PANDIT Date:

2025.03.05 09:57:52 +0530 PRAVIN DASHARATH PANDIT