Dilwale 1 84-WP3337-19-.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 84 WRIT PETITION NO. 3337 OF 2019 Purushottam Ratanlal Tapade VERSUS The State Of Maharashtra And Others ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Latange V. P. AGP for Respondents: Mr. A. D. Wange Advocate for Respondents : Mr. Naiknavare Ramesh V. ... CORAM : SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE, J. DATE : 18.03.2026 PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel for respective parties. 2. The petitioner challenges the order dated 31.12.2018 passed by the Divisional Joint Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Latur in Appeal No. 102/2018. 3. It appears that against the impugned order, the petitioner has an alternate and equally efficacious remedy of filing revision before the Registrar, General, Money-Lending, Pune under Section 9 of the Maharashtra Money-Lending (Regulation) Act, 2014. 4. In view of the above, the present petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a revision within a period of eight weeks from today. 5. The period spent in prosecuting the present petition shall be taken into consideration by the revisional authority, if the revision is filed 2026:BHC-AUG:11977 Dilwale 2 84-WP3337-19-.odt within the aforesaid period. 6. The interim order dated 24.04.2019 passed by this Court shall continue till the revisional authority decides the matter on its own merits. 7. It is clarified that this Court has not recorded any findings on the merits of the matter. The interim relief granted earlier is continued only because it has been operating since 24.04.2019. 8. The revisional authority shall decide the revision on its own merits within a period of six months from the date of its filing. [ SIDDHESHWAR S. THOMBRE ] JUDGE