Bombay High Court
PIL/56/2026 of SURESH APPASO GAVALI Vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR. THE SECRETARY GENERAL ADMINISTRATION DEPT. AND ORS. on 15 October 2026
COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 56 OF 2026 Suresh Appaso Gavali ...Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra and Others ...Respondents ... Mr. Raviraj J. Biraje with Mr. Kartik Patil, for the Petitioner. Ms. Tejas
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 56 OF 2026
Suresh Appaso Gavali
...Petitioner
V/s.
The State of Maharashtra and Others
...Respondents
...
Mr. Raviraj J. Biraje with Mr. Kartik Patil, for the Petitioner.
Ms. Tejas J. Kapre, AGP for the Respondents-State.
...
Coram : ABHAY AHUJA &
NEERAJ P. DHOTE, JJ.
Date : 15th October, 2026
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1. This matter was kept back in the morning session as the learned counsel for the Petitioner sought time to take instructions with respect to the Authority before whom the petition would be placed as a representation to be decided in a time-bound manner.
2. When the matter is called out in the afternoon session, learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner submits that as per Government Resolution No. iqrGk&3116@iz-dz-308@29 dated 2nd May 2017, it is the Collector, who would decide the representation.
3. Accordingly the petition stands disposed of with a direction to the Gaikwad RD
27-PIL-56-2026.doc Collector to treat this Petition as a representation and to decide the representation, within a period of two months from the date of presentation.
4. The Petition to accordingly stand disposed of. [NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J.] [ ABHAY AHUJA, J.] Gaikwad RD