LALIT RAMKRUSHNA BODE vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRU. MANTRALAYA AND ORS

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GAURI AMIT GAEKWAD 914.WP-13368-2025.odt Digitally signed by GAURI AMIT GAEKWAD Date: 2025.10.19 14:00:49 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.13368 OF 2025 Lalit Ramkrushna Bode ) R/a : B-4/204, Mont-Vert Pristine, ) Opp. Khadki Railway Station, ) Sr. No.2447 Jadhavwadi, Bopodi, ) Pune – 411 020 ) ….Petitioner Versus 1. State of Maharashtra ) Through Urban Land and Development ) Department, having its office at Mantralaya ) Mumbai (To be served through Additional ) Government Pleader’s Office, High Court, ) Bombay) ) 2. Pune Municipal Corporation ) Shivajinagar, Pune – 411 005 ) (Through its Municipal Commissioner ) Shri Rajendra B. Bhosale) ) 3. Additional Municipal Commissioner ) (General), Pune Municipal Corporation, ) Shivajinagar, Pune – 411 005 ) 4. Adv. Ashok Kashinath Khamkar ) Enquiry Officer, ) Pune Municipal Corporation, Pune ) ….Respondents ---- Mr. Nitin Kulkarni (through video conferencing) a/w. Mr. Avinash Belage for the Petitioner. Ms. Priyanka Chavan, AGP for Respondent No.1. Mr. Vishwanath Patil a/w. Mr. Akshay Naidu for Respondent Nos.2 and 3. ---- Gauri Gaekwad 1 of 13 914.WP-13368-2025.odt CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ. DATE : 16th OCTOBER, 2025 ORAL JUDGMENT : (PER : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) 1. Leave to delete Respondent No.4, being an Enquiry Officer. Deletion be carried out forthwith. 2. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard the Petition finally with the consent of the learned Advocates appearing for the parties. 3. The case before us falls in a narrow compass. The Petitioner contends as follows : (a) The Petitioner was suspended by the Corporation vide order dated 9th May, 2024 pending disciplinary action; (b) He was issued with a chargesheet on 5th September, 2024;