SHAIKH AJAJ SHAIKH HANIF AND OTHERS v. HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND
Case Details
41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD 41 WRIT PETITION NO.6208 OF 2023 SHAIKH AJAJ SHAIKH HANIF AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 87 WRIT PETITION NO.5583 OF 2023 MUKHTAR SUBHAN KHAN AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 88 WRIT PETITION NO.5753 OF 2023 ABDUL BASIT ABDUL KHALEK AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 89 WRIT PETITION NO.5754 OF 2023 RAFIK MEHBOOB PATHAN VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS 1 of 7 (( 2 )) 41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023 AND 90 WRIT PETITION NO.5783 OF 2023 ASHPAK MOHAMMAD SHAIKH VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 91 WRIT PETITION NO.5795 OF 2023 MOHAMMED JAMEEL MOHD FAROOQ SIDDIQUI AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 92 WRIT PETITION NO.5798 OF 2023 MIR SAYYAD KHAJA AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 93 WRIT PETITION NO.5799 OF 2023 TAMBOLI SALEEM GULAM HUSSAIN AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 901 WRIT PETITION NO.5436 OF 2023 RUBEENA SHAHEEN W/O AFIF AAQUIL BIYABANI VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THR ITS CHIEF EX. OFFICER, MUMBAI AND ORS 2 of 7 (( 3 )) 41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023 AND 902 WRIT PETITION NO.5461 OF 2023 SHAIKH ATEEK SHAIKH ABDUL HAFEEZ AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 903 WRIT PETITION NO.5533 OF 2023 AKIFUSMAN RAZZAK SHAIKH AND ORS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THR ITS C.E.O. MUMBAI AND ORS AND 904 WRIT PETITION NO.5537 OF 2023 MOHAMMED ABDUL KHADAR ANSARI AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 905 WRIT PETITION NO.5538 OF 2023 MOHAMMED ABDUL SHAFI ANSARI AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THR ITS CHIEF EX. OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 906 WRIT PETITION NO.5547 OF 2023 SHAIKH ZUBER SHAIKH RAMZAN AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS 3 of 7 (( 4 )) 41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023 AND 907 WRIT PETITION NO.5548 OF 2023 SYED ILYAS SYED IBRAHIM VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 908 WRIT PETITION NO.5549 OF 2023 ABDUL HANIF ABDUL HAI AND OTHERS VERSUS UNION OF INDIA THR ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY NEW DELHI AND OTHERS AND 909 WRIT PETITION NO.5550 OF 2023 SHAIKH GULAM DASTAGIR GULAM MOHIUDDIN VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 910 WRIT PETITION NO.5552 OF 2023 SHAIKH ISMAIL SHAIKH MOHAMMAD RAFIQUE AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 911 WRIT PETITION NO.5589 OF 2023 MUJAHED SHADAB KHAN ANEES UR RAHMAN KHAN AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS 4 of 7 (( 5 )) 41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023 AND 912 WRIT PETITION NO.5609 OF 2023 HUSSAIN AHMAD BAJAIM AND ANOTHER VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 913 WRIT PETITION NO.5610 OF 2023 SHAIKH SHAHNAWAZ SHAIKH FAKIRA AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 914 WRIT PETITION NO.5622 OF 2023 MOHAMMEAD SHAKIL SHAIKH ISMAIL AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 915 WRIT PETITION NO.5623 OF 2023 GANI KHAN AYUB KHAN AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS AND 916 WRIT PETITION NO.5624 OF 2023 PATHAN KHUSHID KHAN BABU KHAN VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THROUGH ITS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND OTHERS 5 of 7 (( 6 )) 41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023 AND 917 WRIT PETITION NO.5777 OF 2023
Legal Reasoning
JAWED EQBAL ABDUL JAMIL AND OTHERS VERSUS HAJ COMMITTEE OF INDIA THR ITS C.E.O. AND OTHERS .… Mr. G. R. Syed, Mr. Taher Ali Quadri, Mr. Tabrezuddin Rahimuddin Quadri, Mr. Umakant Pandit Chavan, Mr. Tauseef Yaseen Sayyed, Mr. Ashpak Taher Patel Shaikh, Advocates for Petitioners in respective petitions Mr. B. B. Kulkarni, Advocate for Union of India and Haj Committee Mr. V. M. Kagne, AGP for respondent - State .… CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE AND Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, JJ. DATE : 12.06.2023. PER COURT :- 1. The Writ Petitions at serial Nos. 901 to 917 are not on board. By consent of the parties, taken on board. 2. The grievance of these petitioners is only with regard to excess charges levied upon them with regard to allotment of the embarkation point from Aurangabad as compared to the charges payable for taking the Haj flight from the Mumbai airport. It is contended that as excess amounts have been charged to these petitioners, their pending representations with Respondent No.1 – Haj Committee need to be decided at the earliest. 6 of 7 (( 7 )) 41, 87 to 93 +901 to 917 wp-6208-2023 3. 4.
Decision
In view of the above, all these petitions are disposed off. We direct Respondent No.1 to consider the request of all these petitioners for a change of embarkation point from Aurangabad to Mumbai or to charge the same rates as are chargeable at Mumbai while allotting the embarkation point at Aurangabad. The petitioners will once again forward their same representations to Respondent No.1 on the e-mail address mentioned in the Petition within fifteen (15) days from today. Thereafter, Respondent No.1 would follow the due procedure laid down in law and decide the representations of the petitioners by following the due procedure laid down in law within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of receiving the e- mailed representations. 5. In the event, the petitioners are found to be entitled for a refund, Respondent No.1 would consider the said request for an early refund. [ Y. G. KHOBRAGADE, J. ] [ RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J. ] SMS 7 of 7