Bhagu Daji Jadhav v. The State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority Of Maharashtra And ORS

951.AS.WP.13551.2025.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 13551 OF 2025 Bhagu Daji Jadhav ....Petitioner

Versus

The State Environmental Impact Assessment Authority of Maharashtra (SEIAA) & Anr.

....Respondents ---- Mr. Sanket Thakur, for the Petitioner.

Ms. Neha Bhide, GP a/w Mr. P. P. Kakade, Addl. GP. a/w Ms. Nisha Mehra, AGP for the State.

Mr. Jitendra Jagtap, for Respondent No. 3 (MPCB). ---- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.

DATE : 28th APRIL, 2026 P.C. :- 1.

The Petitioner's application seeking environmental clearance, submitted online on 19.09.2019 in Form-2, has remained pending for decision since 2019. The said application is placed in the Petition paper-book at Page No. 93.

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The learned Additional Government Pleader, on behalf of Respondent No. 1, submits that the said application would be Sufiyan Syed - PA

951.AS.WP.13551.2025.odt decided by following the due procedure prescribed in law within such time frame as this Court may direct.

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In view of the above, and considering that the application has been pending for the last seven years, and that the Petitioner, who is 78 years of age, is running a business which is suffering, we direct Respondent No. 1 to follow the due procedure laid down in law and adjudicate upon the application within a period of 45 days from today. For ease of correspondence, the Petitioner tenders his e-mail address and WhatsApp number as under : WhatsApp No. :- 9619136111 E-mail Id : 1965jadhav@yahoo.com 4.

With the above direction, this Petition is disposed off. (HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Sufiyan Syed - PA