35-IA-978-2026.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIRCUIT BENCH AT KOLHAPUR CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 978 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 6449 OF 2022 Shri. Shamsundar Gajanan Khatavkar Thr. Legal Heirs ...Applicants IN THE MATTER BETWEEN Shri. Shamsundar Gajanan Khatavkar ...Petitioner Versus The State Of Maharashtra Thr The Secretary, Administrative Director, Nagar Parishad And Ors ...Respondents —————— Ms. Smita Shinde a/w Adv. Parswi Deodhar, for the Petitioner. Mr. N.C.Walimbe Addl GP a/w Ms. Tejas Kapre, AGP for the Respondent-State. Mr. Niranjan D. i/b Mr. Rupesh Bobade, for the Respondent No. 2. —————— Coram : SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH & NEERAJ P. DHOTE, JJ. Date : AUGUST 31, 2026 P. C. : 1. Interim Application has been preferred for bringing on record the legal heirs of the deceased Petitioner and for condonation of delay caused in preferring the application. 2. Learned counsel for the Applicants submits that the delay is of 107 days, however, due to a typographical error, it is mentioned as 67 days. She seeks leave to amend. Leave is granted. Amendment to be carried out forthwith. Re-verification is dispensed with. Arya Chavan 1 of 2 35-IA-978-2026.doc 3. Considering that the claim is for arrears of the leave period and interest on the provident fund, which is a money claim, the cause survives to the legal heirs of the deceased Petitioner. 4. For the reasons stated in the application, delay stands condoned. Interim Application is allowed. Amendment to be carried out within a period of two weeks. Re-verification is dispensed with. WRIT PETITION NO. 6449 OF 2022 5. Stand over to 17th September, 2026. [NEERAJ P. DHOTE, J.] [SHARMILA U. DESHMUKH, J.] Arya Chavan 2 of 2