907-WP-3981-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3981 OF 2026 Balasaheb Pandarinath Shende ...Petitioner. Versus The State Of Maharashtra Thr. Its Chief Secretary, Cooperation, Marketing And Textile Dep And Others ...Respondents. —————— Mr. Vishwanath Talkute i/b Mr. Pradeep Salgar for the Petitioner. Ms. Tejas J. Kapre AGP for the Respondent-State. —————— Coram : Sharmila U. Deshmukh & Neeraj P. Dhote, JJ. Date : August 25, 2026. P. C. : 1. By the present petition, the limited relief which is now being sought by learned counsel appearing for the petitioner is to decide the petitioner's proposal dated 20.05.2026, which is to be decided by respondent No. 4. 2. Learned AGP would submit that the proposal is to be decided by a Committee of Ministers which is constituted under the Government Resolution dated 09.04.2025, which will require some time for consideration. She would submit that as the proposal has been submitted in May 2026, at least a period of ten weeks will be required Harish 1 of 2 HARISH VITHAL CHAUDHARI Digitally signed by HARISH VITHAL CHAUDHARI Date: 2026.08.25 20:12:24 +0530 907-WP-3981-2026.doc for the proposal to be considered. 3. The proposal which has been submitted by the petitioner is for substituting the working partner of the petitioner's sugar factory. As the sugarcane season is starting shortly, and preparations for sugarcane crushing are required to be completed by the end of this month, in our opinion, the proposal which has been submitted on 20.05.2026 is required to be decided expeditiously. 4. We request respondent No. 4 to decide the proposal dated 20.05.2026 expeditiously and, in any event, within a period of six weeks from today. 5. The petition is disposed of in terms of the above. 6. Insofar as the other reliefs are concerned, liberty is given to the petitioner to ile a fresh petition in the event the cause arises. [Neeraj P. Dhote, J.] [Sharmila U. Deshmukh, J.] Harish 2 of 2