ITEM NO.18 COURT NO.6 SECTION IX S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s).1225/2025 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 23-02-2024 in WP No.1048/2024 and order dated 03-01-2025 in WPST No.

31690/2024 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Bombay]

HAFIZA BI & ORS. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS THE TAHSILDAR I SPECIAL DESK & ORS. Respondent(s) (1)Other I/O NOT FILED, MAIN PRAYER NOT CLEAR, PLZ CLARIFY, MATTER WILL BE RECHECKED AFTER CLARIFICATION ((DEFECT NO. 3 IS STILL AS ON 25.01.25)) (2)Other PLZ CLARIFY THE MATTER IS CIVIL OR CRIMINAL IN VIEW OF 1ST PARA OF I/ORDER (LETTER DT. 25.01.2025 AT PAGE 281-281A GIVEN) (3)1.2. Deficit Court Fees - More court fee required Rs... RS. 27690/- PAID (RS. 21740/- MORE REQUIRED) (4)Other CAUSE TITLE NOT TALLY WITH I/O. TO BE CHECKED LATER (5)Other M/P OF ORDER DT. 3-1-25 REQUIRED (6)Other 3RD ORDER 3-1-25 DATE/YEAR NOT TALLY AT MANY PLACES - CHECK LATER (7)Other OFFICE REPORT ON LIMITATION NOT PROPER - GREEN O/R/L REQUIRED (8)Other H/C FINDINGS NOT FOUND IN LIST OF DATES (9)Other DESCRIPTION OF APPENDIX NOT FOUND IN INDEX (10)24.2 Non-inclusion of complete listing proforma filled in, signed in the paper-books. JUDGES NAME...H/C NAME...PARA 4 NOT PROPER...SL. NO. 7 NOT GIVEN (11)Other CERTIFICATE NOT PROPER (12)5.3 Non-filing of affidavit properly executed. (13)Other PAGE 144 TO 154 FOUND BLUR (14)Other ANNEXURES NOT FOUND IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER (15)Other ANNEX. P10 - CASE NO. NOT TALLY (16)Other H/C DESCRIPTION NOT PROPER IN APPLICATIONS (17)Other VAKALATNAMA STILL PENDING FOR CHECKING ((LETTER DT. 25.01.2025 AT PAGE 281-281A GIVEN) - M/P REQUIRED IN ALL ORDERS (18)Other ALL SLP DOCUMENTS SHOULD BE SIGNED IN PAPERBOOKS ((ALL DEFECTS AFTER RECHECKING NOTIFIED BY CHHATAR SINGH))

Date : 28-01-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAM NATH HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANDEEP MEHTA SignaFtureo Nort Ve rifiPedetitioner(s) Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv.

Digitally signed by Mr. Abhinav Chandrachud, Adv.

ARJUN BISHT Date: 2025.02.24

17:58:39 IST Mrs. Ritu Bharadwaj, Adv.

Reason:

Mr. Rajat Gaur, Adv.

Mr. Yusouf Khan, Adv.

Mr. Waseem Shaikh, Adv.

Mr. Nadeem, Adv.

Mr. Sushil Shukla, Adv.

Mr. Junaid khan, Adv.

Mr. Santosh Gupta, Adv.

Mr. Amol Chitravanshi, AOR For Respondent(s) Dr. A.M. Singhvi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Mahesh Agarwal, Adv.

Ms. S. Lakshmi Iyer, Adv.

Mr. Devansh Srivastava, Adv.

Mr. Arshit Anand, Adv.

Mr. Naman Gupta, Adv.

Ms. Priyansha Sharma, Adv.

Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mr. Amol Nirmalkumar Suryawanshi, AOR Ms. Srishty Pandey, Adv.

Ms. S. Soorya Gayathry, Adv.

Mr. Dhruv Mehta, Sr. Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, AOR Mrs. Mahima C. Shroff, Adv.

Mr. Anand Thumbayil, Adv.

Ms. Yugandhara Pawar Jha, Adv.

Mr. Siddharth Dharmadhikari, Adv.

Mr. Aaditya Aniruddha Pande, AOR Ms. Lavanya Dhawan, Adv.

Mr. Vinay Navare, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Rohit Shetty, Adv.

Mr. Viraj Kadam, Adv. Mr. Soumya Dutta, AOR Mr. Rahul Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Siddhant Upmanyu, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. Application(s) for permission to file Special Leave Petition(s) is/are granted.

2. 230 petitioners have joined in to file this Special Leave Petition assailing the correctness of the judgment and order dated 23.02.2024 passed in Writ Petition No.1048 of 2024, inter se between Abdul Aziz and others vs. Apex Grievance Redressal Committee and others and other connected matters and also aggrieved by the order of 03.01.2025 passed by the Division Bench of the Bombay High Court declining to grant urgent listing of a pending matter in Writ Petition (L) No.31690/2024.

3. At the outset, it may be clarified that none of the petitioners in the present SLP were parties to the Writ Petition No.1048/2024. However, as they feel aggrieved by the findings given in the said judgment they have challenged the same. In so far as other Writ Petition (L) No.31690/2024 is