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Bombay High Court Dismisses Writ Petitions Challenging Mutation Entries — Mutation Entry Does Not Confer Title; Civil Suit Remedy Available. The court held that mutation entries in revenue records are only for fiscal purposes and do not create or extinguish title, and writ petitions under Article 226 are not maintainable for such disputes....

The petitioner, Western Coalfields Limited, filed four writ petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench, challenging mutation entries made by the Tahsild...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition of Hospital Work Assistant Challenging Termination for Suppression of Criminal Case. Employer's Failure to Consider Acquittal and Trivial Nature of Offence Renders Termination Disproportionate....

The petitioner, Swapnil Prakash Parab, applied for the post of Hospital Work Assistant with Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in 2016. He filled an attestation form declaring that he had never been...

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Bombay High Court Allows Writ Petition for Lapsing of Land Reservation and Directs Compensation for Acquired Land under Right to Fair Compensation Act, 2013. Reservation of land for primary school and play ground lapsed under Section 127 of MRTP Act, 1966; compensation for land used for D.P. Road directed under Act of 2013....

The petitioner, Shri Rafiq Ahmed Saeed Qureshi, through his power of attorney, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Bombay High Court. The petitioner owned l...

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Bombay High Court Hears Landowners in MRTP Act Reservation Lapse Case; Reservation Deemed Lapsed as Corporation Failed to Acquire Within Six Months of Purchase Notice. Petitioners Argue That Automatic Lapsing Under Section 127 Is Irreversible and Subsequent Notification Void....

The petitioners, owners of a parcel of land bearing CTS Nos. F/189, F/190, F/191, F/192 and Final Plot No. 646, T.P.S. No. III, Bandra, Mumbai, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitut...

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Bombay High Court Allows Retired Employee's Petition Against Recovery of Excess Payment Under Time Bound Promotion Scheme. Recovery of Rs.2,58,711/- Set Aside as No Misrepresentation by Employee and Recovery Ordered Without Notice Violates Natural Justice....

The petitioner, Ajabrao Rambhau Patil, was appointed as Technical Assistant on 16.02.1982 in the office of respondent no.3. The post was later abolished and he was absorbed as Civil Engineering Assist...

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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition for Correction of Date of Birth in School Records Due to Inordinate Delay and Lack of Evidence. Petitioner sought correction of date of birth from 22/02/1991 to 22/08/1993 after 28 years, but failed to provide contemporaneous documentary evidence or explain delay....

The petitioner, Govind Ramrao Solanke, filed a writ petition seeking a direction to the Head Master of Zillha Parishad Primary School, Murti, to correct his date of birth in the school records from 22...

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High Court of Karnataka Quashes Lokayukta Enquiry Against Daily Wage Employee for Lack of Jurisdiction. Daily Wage Junior Engineer Not a 'Public Servant' Under Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984....

The petitioner, Sri T.R. Raghunath, was employed as a Junior Engineer on a daily wage basis by the Department of Municipal Administration, Town Panchayat, Koratagere, from 1996. His services were neve...

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High Court of Karnataka Dismisses Writ Petition Challenging Order Refusing Rejection of Election Petition Under Order 7 Rule 11 CPC. Election Petition Cannot Be Dismissed for Non-Presentation by Petitioner Himself or Misjoinder of Parties as Defects Are Curable Under Section 17(1) of Karnataka Panchayatraj Act, 1993....

The petitioner, Devandrappa, and respondent No.1, Huligemma, contested the Grama Panchayat election from Nagarhal-3 Constituency under Nagarhal Grama Panchayat, Lingasugur Taluk, Raichur District. The...

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Bombay High Court Allows Teacher's Petition in Headmistress Appointment Dispute — School Tribunal Erred in Holding Appeal Not Maintainable Under Section 9 of MEPS Act. The Court held that the remedy under Rule 3(6) of MEPS Rules is for management approval, not for employee challenge, and the employee's remedy is under Section 9 of the MEPS Act....

The petitioner, a trained graduate teacher appointed on 09.08.1984, was terminated on 06.05.1988. She challenged the termination before the School Tribunal, which granted a stay on 21.06.1988, in forc...