Avinash Ramdas Lande v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary, Tribal Development Department And ORS

Digitally signed by TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE Date:

2026.03.11 18:33:51 +0530 TRUPTI SADANAND BAMNE 49-wp-16074-2025.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 16074 OF 2025 Avinash Ramdas Lande ... Petitioner versus The State of Maharashtra & Ors.

... Respondents ...

Ms.Madhavi Ayyappan with Mr.Vidyasagar Bhave i/b. Talekar and Associates for the Petitioner.

Mrs.M.P.Thakur, AGP for all the Respondents -State. ...

CORAM :

RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ABHAY MANTRI, JJ.

DATE :

MARCH 09, 2026 P.C:

1.

The learned Advocate for the Petitioner submits that the issue raised by the Petitioner is no longer res integra in light of the judgment delivered by this Court in Madhukar s/o Bhavanrao Sadgir and others v. State of Maharashtra and others, 2019 (2) Mh.L.J. 119, and in the judgment of this Court, to which one of us (Ravindra V. Ghuge, J.) is a party, dated 30.01.2025 in Writ Petition No. 6693 of 2023, along with a group of Writ Petitions (Namdeo Tukaram Dhonnar and others v. State of Maharashtra and others).

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The learned AGP submits that she needs to take instructions on behalf of all the Respondents.

3.

Issue notice to the Respondents, returnable on 24.03.2026, to be listed in the urgent supplementary board. The learned AGP waives service of notice on behalf of all the Respondents. (ABHAY MANTRI, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Trupti ...2