Shri Shishir Prabhakar Dharkar vs Shri. M.R. Makhare And Ors on 15 March, 2024
7. Since challenge raised by the petitioner is to the continuation of the
proceedings under Section 88(1) of the Act of 1960 on the premise that
there is no authority or jurisdiction with the Authorized Officer to
continue to proceed with the inquiry after expiry of period of two years
and six months in terms of the third and fourth proviso to Section 88(1), it
would be necessary to refer to the judgment of the Division Bench in
Chandrashekhar M. Ghule Patil (supra), wherein a challenge was raised to
the provisions of Section 88(1) of the Act of 1960 along with it's provisos.
While repelling the challenge raised to the said provisions, the Division
Bench in paragraph 26 observed as under :-