114-PIL-60-2026.odt 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 60 OF 2026 Vijay Ramnath Kawade and anr. vs. State of Maharashtra through its Principal Secretary, Rural Development Department, Mumbai and others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Order Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's order ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Nikhin Shende, Advocate for petitioners. Mrs. M. H. Deshmukh, AGP for respondent nos. 1 to 3. CORAM :- ANIL S. KILOR and RAJNISH R. VYAS, JJ. DATE :- 19th AUGUST, 2026. Heard the learned counsel for petitioners. 2. Prayer is for issuance of directions to the respondent nos. 1 to 6 to conduct an enquiry into the allegations of financial irregularities. 3. At the outset, it is necessary to mention here that till this date, aforesaid issue is not decided by the competent authority. Therefore, it would be appropriate to direct the respondent no.3-Collector, Yavatmal, to treat the present petition as a representation and decide the same within a period of 12 weeks from today, in accordance with law. The respondent no.3-Collector if thinks fit, may grant hearing to the affected parties while carrying out such enquiry. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioners undertakes to produce a copy of this petition alongwith the order passed today before the respondent no.3-Collector, within a period of one week. 5. Decision taken thereupon, shall be communicated to the petitioner within a period of one week from the date of such decision. 6. With these observations and directions, the Public Interest Litigation is disposed of. ( RAJNISH R. VYAS, J.) (ANIL S. KILOR, J.) Andurkar. 2026:BHC-NAG:10752-DB Signed by: Jayant S. Andurkar Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 19/08/2026 17:46:47