Chhatrapati Shivajimaharaj Smarak Samiti Georai v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Revenue And Forest Department And Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

BENCH AT AURANGABAD 919 WRIT PETITION NO. 2816 OF 2026 Chhatrapati Shivajimaharaj Smarak Samiti Georai

VERSUS

The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Revenue And Forest Department And Others ......

Ms. Sumedha Thombre, Advocate h/f Mr. C.V. Thombre, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. S.B. Narwade, AGP for Respondents No.1 to 3 Mr. P.D. Suryawanshi, Advocate for Respondent No.4 ......

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

DATE : 10 APRIL, 2026 PER COURT :- 1.

Learned AGP submits a photocopy of the letter issued by the Chief Architect, Maharashtra State, PWD Division, stating that the proposal was returned to the Collector's office for removal of deficiencies. The said letter is taken on record and marked as Exhibit 'X'. According to the Chief Architect, after the requisite documents are received by him, he would take an appropriate decision. 2.

We then directed the learned AGP to take instructions from the Collector. Upon instructions, he submits that the proposal has now been sent to the Chief Officer, Georai Municipal Council, and after removal of the deficiencies by the said authority, the Collector would forward the

919-WP-2816-26.odt {2} same to the Chief Architect. The authority from the Collector's office has assured that the work of removing the deficiencies would be completed within a period of one (1) month from today, and thereafter the proposal would be forwarded to the Chief Architect within a period of two (2) weeks.

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In view of the said statement, we dispose of the petition by taking the said statements as an undertaking. [ HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR ] [ SMT. VIBHA KANKANWADI ] JUDGE JUDGE S P Rane