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Bira Appa Lokhande And ORS v. The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Its Secretary And ORS.

2026-05-07Hon'Ble Shri Justice Ravindra V. Ghuge , Hon'Ble Shri Justice Hiten Shamrao Venegavkar4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION (Sr. No. 903) WRIT PETITION NO. 2971 OF 2026 Madhukar N. Shewale ....Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra & Anr.

....Respondents ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2974 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 2997 OF 2026 (Sr. No. 905) WRIT PETITION NO. 4775 OF 2026 Vinod Shantaram Bodhare ... Petitioner

Versus

The State of Maharashtra and Ors.

... Respondents ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4783 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4791 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4954 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 4997 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5080 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5082 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5084 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5087 OF 2026 ALONG WITH

WRIT PETITION NO. 5440 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5442 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5444 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5447 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5494 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5495 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5496 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 5497 OF 2026 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO. 16803 OF 2023 ALONG WITH AND

(502) WRIT PETITION NO. 6229 OF 2026 ALONG WITH (503)WRIT PETITION NO. 6368 OF 2026 ALONG WITH

(504) WRIT PETITION NO. 6372 OF 2026 ALONG WITH (505)WRIT PETITION NO. 6494 OF 2026 ALONG WITH (506)WRIT PETITION NO. 6495 OF 2026 ALONG WITH

(507) WRIT PETITION NO. 6496 OF 2026 ALONG WITH (508)WRIT PETITION NO. 6499 OF 2026 ALONG WITH (509)WRIT PETITION NO. 6502 OF 2026 ---- Mr. Vivek B. Rane, for the Petitioner in Sr. No. 903. Mr. Suresh Pakale (Senior Advocate) a/w Mr. Nilesh Desai i/b. Ms. Padmaja Malgaonkar, for Petitioners in Sr. No. 905, WP Nos. 5353,

5440, 5442, 5444, 5447, 5494, 5495 of 2026.

Mr. Suvidh S. Kulkarni, for the Petitioner in Sr. No. 502 to 509. Mr. P. P. Kakade, Addl. GP a/w. Mr. V. G. Badgujar, AGP a/w Ms. Priyanka Chvan, AGP a/w Ms. P. N. Diwan, AGP, Ms. Sejal Pawar, Senior Law Consultant Persons with Disabilities Empowerment Department.

Ms. Sunanda Ghadayale, Deputy Secretary Persons with Disabilities Empowerment Department, present.

---- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, JJ.

DATE : 07th MAY, 2026 P.C. :- 1.

All these matters are on the Urgent Supplementary Board / Production Board.

2.

Yesterday, we delivered an extensive judgment in a large group of Writ Petitions, the lead matter being Writ Petition No. 4325 of 2026 (Santosh Hiraman Lashkare & Ors. vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors.).

3.

For the reasons, conclusions and the directions set out in the said Judgment, all these Petitions on board today are disposed off by granting the same interim relief that has been granted to identically placed Petitioners vide the Judgment dated 6th

May, 2026.

4.

All these Petitions / Civil Applications stands disposed off in terms of the same Judgment.

(HITEN S. VENEGAVKAR, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.)