THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY HOME DEPARTMENT vs HANMANT NIGAPPA KANKADAKI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BHARAT CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION DASHARATH PANDIT 2024. Mr. Mihir Desai, Senior Advocate i/b. Mr. Prashant M. Nagargoje a/w Mr.V.B.Narke & Ms. Sanskriti Yagnik, Advocates for the Applicant-Intervener in Interim Application No. 15200 of 2024 & for the respondents in Writ Petition No.18051 of 2024. Mr. Prashant M. Nagargoje a/w Mr. V. B. Narke, Advocates for the respondent in Writ Petition No.17630 of 2024. Mr. Prashant M. Nagargoje a/w Mr. V.B.Narke for the respondent no. 1 in Writ Petition No.17628 of 2024 & for the respondent nos.1 to 8 in Writ Petition No.17629 of 2024. Mr. Bhupesh G.Singh, Law Officer present. Mr. Sidharth Kamble, Law Officer to I.G.P. Kolhapur present. ------------ CORAM : A. S. CHANDURKAR & RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ. Date on which the arguments were heard : 17/12/2024 Date on which the Judgment is pronounced : 07/02/2025 JUDGMENT: (Per A.S. Chandurkar, J.) 1] This batch of writ petitions raises challenge to the common judgment of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (Tribunal, for short) dated 19/07/2024 whereby the learned Member of the Tribunal decided various Original Applications that had been preferred by police p