1 935.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 935 PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 6 OF 2025 PANDURANG GUNWANTRAO KUMBHAR VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS ... Advocate for the Petitioner : Mr. Bondar Uttam Bajirao AGP for Respondent/State : Ms. Neha B. Kamble Advocate for Respondent No.4 : Mr. Jadhavar Aashish T … CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 03.09.2026 PER COURT : . This Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is filed seeking direction to respondent/Municipal Council of Kalamb City, District Dharashiv, to forthwith stop the construction of cement roads in Kalamb city, till completion of work of laying the water pipeline. 2. The affidavit-in-reply was filed by respondent No.3 at an earlier point of time. Today, additional affidavit-in-reply is filed by respondent No.3 making the following statements : ‘2. I say that, the work orders which are annexed with the present Public Interest Litigation at Exhibit "C" are issued by the answering Municipal Council and other State agencies such as Public Works Department, Maharashtra Jeevan Pradhikaran. etc. have no role to play in these works. Hence, the Municipal Council is taking care that the sequence of development works would be in such a manner that no public funds would be wasted. 3. I say that, as already mentioned above, there are 2026:BHC-AUG:40571-DB 2 935.doc different types of works included in the common work order such as:- (i) Construction of open drainage only and no laying down of Cement Concrete Road. (ii) Cement Concrete Roads with side margins (Approximately 1 meter) for pipeline. (iii) Construction of drainage and laying down of Cement Concrete Roads where no pipeline is proposed. (iv) Roads where no margin could be left pipeline will be laid first and then only the laying down of road will be undertaken. I further say that, after the order dated 03.03.2025 passed by this Hon'ble High Court all development works falling under these types are immediately stopped by the Municipal Council thereby informing the respective contractors. 4. I say that, when the administrative sanction was accorded to the present works in question in the present Public Interest Litigation the conditions of the roads within Kallamb Town were bad in state and the Municipal Council was receiving complaints from the residents of the town about the same and demands for the laying down of roads and also there was no any planned schedule available for future development schemes of laying down of pipeline. I further say that, as earlier stated it is the Municipal Council only who has been entrusted with the present development works, the Municipal Council is taking care to avoid the breaking of roads. It is hereby submitted and Municipal Council undertakes that, in the ongoing construction of drainage and laying down of roads the Municipal Council will schedule these works such as, that the drainage line would be laid in first (as in many works in question drainage line is partially completed), then the pipeline from the scheme namely as Swarn Jayanti Nagarotthan Maha Abhiyan will be laid down and then the laying down of Cement Concrete Road will be completed in last.’ 3 935.doc 3. In the light of the statements made in the additional affidavit-in- reply, the purpose of filing the present PIL is served. Hence, by recording the above quoted statements as an undertaking to this Court, the PIL is disposed of. ( ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J. ) ( NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J. ) vsj..