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Ratnakar Gopalrao Deshmukh And Others v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary And Others

2026-03-11Hon'Ble Smt. Justice Vibha Kankanwadi , Hon'Ble Shri Justice Hiten S. Venegavkar2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 936 WRIT PETITION NO. 1978 OF 2026 Ratnakar Gopalrao Deshmukh & others ....Petitioners

VERSUS

The State of Maharashtra & others .....Respondents Mr. B. B. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioners. Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for the State.

CORAM : SMT VIBHA KANKANWADI & HITEN S VENEGAVKAR, JJ.

DATE : 11th MARCH, 2026.

PER COURT :

1.

The Petitioners have put forth prayer clauses (B) and (C), which read as under :- "B) By issuing the writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or direction in the like nature, the respondent authorities may kindly be directed to take the decision on the application dated 05/06/2025 filed by the present petitioners and to pay rental compensation to the petitioners with stipulated time along with statutory interest @ 8% thereon till realization of amount.

C) During the pendency of the present writ petition, the respondent nos. 2 to 4 may kindly be directed to take decision on applications dated 05/06/2025 filed by the present petitioners forthwith.

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The Petitioners are merely seeking direction that the application dated 05.06.2025, tendered by them, be considered by Respondent No. 4/Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Zilla Parishad, Jalna, on own merit and decide the issue, as to whether the Petitioners are entitled for rental compensation and the statutory interest thereon.

3.

In view of the above, we are not issuing notice to the parties, as no purpose would be served by keeping this petition pending. 4.

As such, this writ petition is disposed of, with a direction to Respondent No. 4/Executive Engineer, Minor Irrigation, Zilla Parishad, Jalna, to consider the application of the Petitioners, on its own merits and strictly in accordance with law, within a period of 120 days.

5.

Deficit Court-fees, if any, be paid by the Petitioners. ( HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR ) ( SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI ) JUDGE JUDGE dyb