Lrs IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION No.5615 OF 2009 Vishal s/o Vilas Khandve ..Petitioner. vs. Union of India and Ors. ..Respondents. Mr Atmaram Pandule i/b Himmatsinh D. Deshmukh for the Petitioner. Aashish Kamat i/b M/s R.M.G.Law Asso.for Respondent No.2. CORAM: D.K. DESHMUKH AND K.K.TATED,JJ DATED: 16TH NOVEMBER,2009 P.C.:- By this petition, the petitioner challenges the list dated 20.2.2009 in which the petitioner was ranked third, whereas the respondent Nos. 3, 4 and 5 have jointly been ranked first and one Bhausaheb Nikam has been ranked as second. Bhausaheb Nikam who is ranked second has not, even, been joined as a party to the petition. Though the list was prepared on 20.2.2009,the petition is filed on 28.7.2009 and it was moved for the first time before this Court on 16.11.2009. The matter relates to allotment of L.P.G., distributorship. In our opinion, in view of the above laches, the petition cannot be entertained. The writ petition is hereby rejected. No order as to costs. (D.K. DESHMUKH,J) (K.K.TATED,J)