Shivnath Vitthal Jadhav v. District Collector Solapur And ORS

53-WP-12317-2025 (C).doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 12317 OF 2025 Shivnath Vitthal Jadhav ... Petitioner

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District Collector Solapur & Ors.

... Respondents ------ Mr. Ashutosh Purwant a/w. Mr. Viresh Purwant for the Petitioner. Ms. T.J. Kapre, A.G.P. for the Respondent-State. ------ Coram : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI & AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, JJ.

Date : 9th February 2026.

PER COURT :

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Since the prayer made by the Petitioner in the present Petition is limited to seeking a direction to Respondent No. 4 - the Commissioner of State Excise, Maharashtra State, Mumbai to decide his Appeal No. 424 of 2024 in a time-bound manner, we deem it appropriate to dispose of the Writ Petition by directing the said Respondent No. 4 to decide the said Appeal within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order, on its own merits and after granting an opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner and osk 1 of

53-WP-12317-2025 (C).doc to communicate the decision to the Petitioner. 2.

With the above direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. [ AJIT B. KADETHANKAR, J. ] [ NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. ] by OMKAR SHIVAHAR KUMBHAKARN Date:

2026.02.11 10:53:29 +0530 OMKAR SHIVAHAR KUMBHAKARN osk 2 of