Rajaram Eknath Toke v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Its Principal Secretary Department Of Cooperative Marketing And
1/2 36 IA-3408-26.odt Salgaonkar
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
MANDIRA MILIND SALGAONKAR MILIND SALGAONKAR Date: 2026.06.10 11:18:44 +0530 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO.3408 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO.10669 OF 2025 Rajaram Eknath Toke .. Applicant
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The State of Maharashtra through its Principal Secretary, Department of Cooperative, Marketing & Textiles .. Respondent ...
None for the Applicant.
Ms.Kavita N. Solunke, Addl.Govt. Pleader with Mr.K.S.Thorat, 'B' Panel Counsel for the State/Respondent.
CORAM: BHARATI DANGRE & MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, JJ.
DATE : 09th JUNE, 2026 ...
P.C:- 1.
None for the Applicant.
2.
We have perused the Application.
The Application seek direction to the Respondent-State to comply with the order passed by this Court on 02/09/2025. 3.
The Applicant/Petitioner approached this Court by filing Writ Petition No.10669 of 2025, which was disposed of on 02/09/2025 by recording a statement made on instructions by the learned Government Advocate that the representation preferred by the Society of the Petitioner shall be decided
2/2 36 IA-3408-26.odt within a period of six months from the date of the order and upon this statement being made, the counsel for the Petitioner also agreed for disposing of the Petition.
In paragraph 4 of the order, the Court clearly recorded that the statement made by the learned A.G.P. is accepted as an undertaking given to the Court and as a result thereof, a direction was issued to the Respondents to decide the representation dated 14/07/2024 within a period of six months and submit a report within a period of two weeks thereafter.
4.
Admittedly, the writ petition filed by the Applicant/Petitioner is disposed of.
If the Applicant/Petitioner is feeling aggrieved by noncompliance of the direction issued by the Court, he definitely has an appropriate remedy, as non-compliance of the direction amounts to its disobedience. However, by way of an Interim Application, he seek compliance of the directions. We must clarify that every order passed by this Court binds the authorities and, specifically, when a statement was made, on instructions, by the learned A.G.P. that the representation will be decided within the stipulated period, we expect the directions to be complied with. If not, definitely the consequences thereof would result in Court taking cognizance of the non-compliance.
Conferring the liberty upon the Applicant/Petitioner to take appropriate steps available in law, Interim Application No.3408 of 2026 is disposed of.
(MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.) (BHARATI DANGRE, J.)