1 146-WP-4966-26.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4966 OF 2026 LILA SAMBHAJI CHAUDHARY AND OTHERS VERSUS THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND OTHERS ... Mr. Shrikant S. Patil, Advocate for the Petitioner Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for Respondents/State ... CORAM : NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI AND ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, JJ. DATE : 07th OCTOBER, 2026 PER COURT : 1. It is the grievance of petitioners that in spite of issuance of recovery certificates, respondent Nos.3 and 4 are not executing the same. 2. In the identical facts, the Coordinate Bench of this Court has passed order in Writ Petition No.2039/2013 [Govind Baburao Marathe and Others Vs. The State of Maharashtra and Others] on 27/11/2014. 3. For the reasons stated in the said order, we pass the following order:- ORDER I. The authorities under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code shall execute the said revenue recovery certificate in accordance with the provisions of law as expeditiously as possible and in case the said revenue recovery certificate is SVH 2026:BHC-AUG:47691-DB 2 146-WP-4966-26.odt still in force, the authorities shall take positive steps in this regard considering the fact that the same is an amount of gratuity. The authorities shall commence the procedure expeditiously, preferable within a period of two months from today. The petitioners shall cooperate with the authorities and make necessary compliance as is required under law. II. The Writ petition is accordingly disposed of. No costs (ABASAHEB D. SHINDE, J.) (NITIN B. SURYAWANSHI, J.) SVH