29 wp 6338-22.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 6338 OF 2022 Sharad Krushnaji Deshmukh. ...Petitioner. Versus The State of Maharashtra and Others. ...Respondents. —————— Ms. Raghvendra B. Kulkarni for the Petitioner. Ms. Tejas J. Kapre, AGP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Bhushan Walimbe for the Respondent No. 5 and 6. —————— Coram : Sharmila U. Deshmukh & Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ. Date : September 22, 2026. P. C. : 1. Learned Counsel appearing for the Petitioner, on instructions, seeks permission to withdraw the petition with liberty to adopt appropriate proceedings to challenge all proceedings by which the Respondent No.7 came to be reinstated to the post of Gram Panchayat Lipik. The Petition is permitted to be withdrawn with liberty as prayed for and disposed of as such. 2. Needless to clarify that this Court has not gone into merits of the matter and as such all rights and contentions of all the parties are expressly kept open. [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.] [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.] Patil-SR 1 of 1