wp4198.09 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.4198 OF 2009 Amarsing s/o Vijaysing Patil, R/o-Dasegaon, Post-Mehunbare, Tq-Chalisgaon, Dist-Jalgaon and others. ...PETITIONERS. VERSUS The State of Maharashtra, Through Principal Secretary, Revenue & Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai-400032 and others. ...RESPONDENTS. ... Shri.P.R. Patil Advocate for Petitioners. Shri.V.B. Ghatge, A.G.P. for Respondent Nos. 1 to 4. ... CORAM: NARESH H. PATIL AND T.V. NALAWADE, JJ. DATE : 10TH OCTOBER, 2011. wp4198.09 2 PER COURT : 1. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. 2. The Petitioners aggrieved by public notice in respect of auction of sand in the river bed of Girna river, approached this Court by filing present Writ Petition. Public notice issued on 29th June 2009, is annexed at Exhibit A to the Petition 3. The learned A.G.P. Appearing for the Respondents submits that by corrigendum dated 6th July, 2009 the Collector, Jalgaon deleted the subject river bed/area from the concerned public notice. 3. In the light of this development which is reflected through affidavit filed by Mr. Vishwas Balkrishna Deshpande, District Mining Officer, Jalgaon, nothing survives now in this Petition to wp4198.09 3 be gone into. In this view of the matter, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. 4. It is needless to mention that in case the Collector, Jalgaon decides to take steps to auction the sand, then it is incumbent for the Collector to take steps strictly in accordance with the State policy reflected through Government Resolutions. [T.V. NALAWADE, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL, J.] asb/OCT11