2024:BHC-AS:11841 Shabnoor IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.3511 OF 2020 SHABNOOR AYUB Shree Brahmanath Devasthan PATHAN DSPAHig TAi HtBa ANl NyO sOigRn AedY UbBy Unchagaon, Taluka Karveerm District D14a:t4e4: :22032 +4.00533.102 Kolhapur Being a Public Charitable Trust Bearing Registration No.A-48, Kolhapur, Through the Trustee Shri. Rajendra Shantaram Zurale Age: 57 years, Occ. Business, Officer/at: Unchgaon, Taluka Karveer, District Kolhapur … Petitioner V/s.

The Joint Charity Commissioner Kolhapur Region, Kolhapur … Respondent Mr. Anil Anturkar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Ranjit D.

Shinde, for the petitioner.

Mrs. V. R. Raje, AGP for the State/respondent.

CORAM : AMIT BORKAR, J.

DATED : MARCH 6, 2024 ORAL JUDGMENT:

1. The challenge in this writ petition is to the order dated 5^th August 2019 rejecting the petitioner's application for permission under section 36(1) of the Maharashtra Public Trust Act, 1950.

2. The petitioner initially applied under section 36(1) of the said Act before the respondent for permission to sell Gat No.351, measuring 42.5 Guntha at village Usgaon, Taluka Karveen District Kolhapur. The respondent rejected th