Hemant Narayan Rasne vs Commissioner and Administrator of Pune Municipal Corporation

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1100

DINESH MAHESHWARI, J. K. MAHESHWARI
Hemant Narayan Rasne – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner and Administrator of Pune Municipal Corporation – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Appellant(s) : Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shreeyash U. Lalit, Adv. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, Adv. Mr. Nikhil Borwonkar, Adv. Mr. Manish Sharma, Adv. Mr. Roopenshu Pratap Singh, Adv. Ms. Devika Khanna, Adv. Mrs. V. D. Khanna, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mrs. Anita Shenoy, Sr. Adv. Mr. Makarand D. Adkar, Adv. Mr. Vijay Kumar, Adv. Ms. Rekha Rani, Adv. Mr. Shantanu M. Adkar, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. Anand Landge, Adv. Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv. Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR

JUDGMENT :

DINESH MAHESHWARI, J.

Leave granted.

2. By way of this appeal, the appellant has questioned the order dated 29.03.2022 whereby, the High Court of Judicature at Bombay has dismissed the writ petition (No. 3627 of 2022) filed by him while asserting his capacity as the Chairperson of the Standing Committee of respondent No. 2, Pune Municipal Corporation¹[Hereinafter also referred to as ‘the Corporation]and seeking the relief essentially to the effect that irrespective of expiry of the term of the Corporation, the Standing Committee shall nevertheless continue to function and the order issued by the Government on 03.03.2022, appointing an Administrator, does not forbid the Standing Committee from functioning in accordance with the provisions of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949²[Hereinafter also referred to as ‘the Act of 1949’/ ‘the Act’].

3. For comprehension of the relevant factual aspects, we may take note of the fact that the term of the Pune Municipal Corporation was coming to an end on 14.03.2022 and when the Government was informed that it would not be

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2022 Supreme(SC) 1100

DINESH MAHESHWARI, J. K. MAHESHWARIHemant Narayan Rasne – AppellantVersusCommissioner and Administrator of Pune Municipal Corporation – Respondent

DINESH MAHESHWARI, J. K. MAHESHWARI
Hemant Narayan Rasne – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner and Administrator of Pune Municipal Corporation – Respondent