IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 5773 OF 1999 M/s. B.H. Agrawal {Bharat Petroleum Dealer) A registered Partnership firm, having its regd. Office at Sharda, District Nandurbar through its Partner :- [1] Shri Babulal Hanumandas Agarwal adult,Occ. Business Residing at : 3218 Agra Road, Opp. Shere Punjab Dhule [2] Shri Natwarlal Hanumandas Agarwal adult, Occ. Business Residing at : 3218 Agra Road, Opp. Shere Punjab Dhule. petitioners Versus 1] State of Maharashtra 2] The District Supply Officer Nandurbar district Nandurbar 3] M/s. Kutubali Noorjibhai and Company Sharda, District Nandurbar 4] M/s. N.D. Shah and company Nandurbar District Nandurbar 5] M/s. P.G. Desai, Nandurbar District Nandurbar 6] M/s. R.K. Gandhi, Nandurbar District Nandurbar. 7] M/s. Ashwini Oil Traders Taloja District Nandurbar. Respondents. Smt. Surekha Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri V.D. Rakh, AGP for the respondent N.1 Mr. R.R. Mantri, Advocate for the respondent No.3 Mr. MG. Kochar, Advocate for the respondent No.4. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 23RD JULY, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT : [PER S.V. GANGAPURWALA.J.] :- 1] In the present petition, the petitioner assails the circular dated 13th October, 1999 and more particularly clause (A) of the said circular, which provides for the distribution of the quota of product according to the seniority, capacity and the past performance. 2] The said criteria is similar to the one provided in Circular dated 20th May, 1999. The said circular was the subject matter of challenge before the Coordinate Bench at the Principal seat at Bombay in Writ Petition No. 3777/1999 and the other companion writ petitions. The Coordinate Bench at the principal seat at Bombay has upheld the validity of the said circular vide judgment and order dated 1/2/2000. . As the challenge in the present petition is similar, as a judicial propriety and after having consciously applied our mind , we feel that the view taken by the coordinate bench is a correct view. In the light of the above, the writ petition is dismissed. Rule is discharged with no orders as to costs. Needless to state that the interim relief stands vacated. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J.] [B.R. GAVAI,J.] grt/-