502-4894-2026-WP=.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4894 OF 2026 Sagar Zimaji Dhebe … Petitioner Vs. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. … Respondents …………. Mr. Harsh Arun Khot for the Petitioner Mr. J.P. Patil, AGP for the Respondent - State …………. CORAM : SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J. DATE : 29th SEPTEMBER, 2026. P. C. : . Heard both sides. 2. This Court has taken a view in similarly circumstanced petitions vide common order dated 24.09.2026 in Writ Petition No. 4807 of 2026 and connected matter. The present case is also squarely covered by it. 3. The petitioner is also one of the claimants whose claim is decided in a meeting dated 24.07.2026. No objective scrutiny was conducted for the documents produced by him. No reasons are assigned in the impugned order. As has been done in the above referred matters, I am passing similar order. Uday S. Jagtap 1 of 2 UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Digitally signed by UDAY SHIVAJI JAGTAP Date: 2026.09.30 15:34:33 +0530 502-4894-2026-WP=.doc O R D E R (i) The Writ Petition is allowed partly. (ii) The impugned orders passed by the Collector, founded on the minutes of the meeting dated 24.07.2026, are quashed and set aside to the extent of the Petitioners only. (iii) The matter is relegated to the District Level Committee for deciding the Petitioners' claims afresh, after extending an opportunity of hearing to them, on their own merits. (iv) The decision shall be taken within a period of six weeks on its own merits. (v) No coercive action shall be taken against the Petitioners qua the land occupied by them till the decision of the Committee. (vi) The parties shall appear before the Committee on 12.10.2026. (vii) It shall be open for the petitioner to seek appropriate interim order for restoration of the electricity connection. ( SHAILESH P. BRAHME, J. ) Uday S. Jagtap 2 of 2