1 14-wp-16507-2025.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 16507 OF 2025 Sandeep Sadashiv Belkar and Others ...Petitioners Vs. The State of Maharashtra through Principal Secretary and Others ...Respondents ----------------- Mr. Ajit Kenjale a/w. Mr. Sohil Gulabani, for the Petitioners. Dr. Dhruti Kapadia, AGP, for the Respondent / State. Mr. Amogh P. Khadye i/b. Bar & Brief Attorneys, for Respondent No.7. Mr. P. H. Gaikwad with Mr. S. V. Gavand, for Respondent Nos.4 and 5. ----------------- CORAM : R. I. CHAGLA AND FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, JJ. DATED : 5th OCTOBER, 2026 P.C.:- 1. By this Writ Petition, the Petitioner is seeking a direction to Respondent Nos. 2 to 5 to decide the Petitioners’ Representation dated 31st October 2025 to implement the Special Gramsabha Resolution dated 13th August 2025. There are other reliefs sought which the learned Counsel for the Petitioners is not pressing. 2. Considering that the Representation has been addressed by the Petitioner almost a year back viz., 31st October 2025, and that it is the Mamta Kale 1/2 MAMTA AMAR KALE Digitally signed by MAMTA AMAR KALE Date: 2026.10.05 18:56:23 +0530 2 14-wp-16507-2025.doc Respondent No.2 District Collector who is the ultimate Authority to decide the Representation, we consider it appropriate to direct Respondent No.2 District Collector to decide the pending Representation of the Petitioner dated 31st October 2025 within a period of twelve weeks from today, in accordance with law. 3. Respondent No.7, being a person concerned with any decision to be taken on the Representation, shall be afforded an opportunity of being heard by Respondent No.2, the District Collector, before any decision is taken on the said Representation. 4. The Writ Petition is disposed of in the above terms with no order as to costs. [FIRDOSH P. POONIWALLA, J.] [R.I. CHAGLA, J.] Mamta Kale 2/2