10.6035_2026.DOC Vidya Amin IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 6035 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 16689 OF 2025 Vijaykumar Govind Dabhade & Ors. … Applicants Vs. State of Maharashtra, through its Principal Secretary & Anr. … Respondents __________ Mr. Sandeep Gupta i/b. Mr. A.G. Ambetkar for the applicants. Mr. B.V. Samant, Addl. G.P. a/w. Mrs. P.M.J. Deshpande, AGP for the State __________ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ. DATE: 8 SEPTEMBER, 2026. P.C. 1. By this interim application, the applicants/petitioners have prayed for restoration of the writ petition, which came to be dismissed pursuant to the order dated 16 December, 2025 of this Court on account of non-removal of the office objections. 2. Having perused the averments as made in the application, it is in the interest of justice that the Writ Petition is restored to the file of this Court. 3. Accordingly, Interim Application is allowed. The Writ Petition is restored to the file of this Court. Office objections be removed before the returnable date. 4. List this petition on 22 September, 2026 to be heard along with Writ Petition Nos. 12629 of 2025, 6405 of 2026, 11474 of 2025 and 17204 of 2025 (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.) (G. S. KULKARNI, J.) Signed by: Vidya S. Amin Page 1 of 1 Designation: PS To Honourable Judge 8 September, 2026 Date: 10/09/2026 10:54:57

10.6035_2026.DOC Vidya Amin IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 6035 OF 2026 IN WRIT PETITION NO. 16689 OF 2025 Vijaykumar Govind Dabhade & Ors. … Applicants Vs. State of Maharashtra, through its Principal Secretary & Anr. … Respondents __________ Mr. Sandeep Gupta i/b. Mr. A.G. Ambetkar for the applicants. Mr. B.V. Samant, Addl. G.P. a/w. Mrs. P.M.J. Deshpande, AGP for the State __________ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & DR. NEELA GOKHALE, JJ. DATE: 8 SEPTEMBER, 2026. P.C. 1. By this interim application, the applicants/petitioners have prayed for restoration of the writ petition, which came to be dismissed pursuant to the order dated 16 December, 2025 of this Court on account of non-removal of the office objections. 2. Having perused the averments as made in the application, it is in the interest of justice that the Writ Petition is restored to the file of this Court. 3. Accordingly, Interim Application is allowed. The Writ Petition is restored to the file of this Court. Office objections be removed before the returnable date. 4. List this petition on 22 September, 2026 to be heard along with Writ Petition Nos. 12629 of 2025, 6405 of 2026, 11474 of 2025 and 17204 of 2025 (DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.) (G. S. KULKARNI, J.) Signed by: Vidya S. Amin Page 1 of 1 Designation: PS To Honourable Judge 8 September, 2026 Date: 10/09/2026 10:54:57