1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 4671 OF 2010 Shaikh Yunus Shaikh Chand, Age : 37 Years, Occu. : Business, R/o Behind Patel Lawns, Beed Bye Pass Road, Aurangabad .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Through its Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32. 2. The Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad. 3. The Collector, Aurangabad, 4. The Residential Deputy Collector, Aurangabad. 5. The Sub Divisional Officer, Aurangabad. 6. The District Mining Officer, Aurangabad. 2 7. The Tahsildar, Paithan, District Aurangabad. .. Respondents Shri R. S. Shinde, Advocate for the Petitioner. Shri S. K. Kadam, A.G.P. for the Respondents/State. CORAM : P. V. HARDAS AND N. D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATE : 09TH JUNE, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [PER P. V. HARDAS, J] : . Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 2. By this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner prays for a very limited relief i. e. of issuing directions to the respondents to decide the representation/application filed by the petitioner challenging the order passed by the Collector, Aurangabad, dated 26th March, 2010, cancelling the tender of the petitioner. According to the petitioner, the contractual period for which the tender was allotted to the petitioner for excavation of sand, expires by the end of July 2010. The petitioner, therefore urges that in the 3 event the representation/application of the petitioner is allowed, on account of onset of monsoon, the petitioner would be in a position to excavate the sand. 3. In that light of the matter, therefore, we allow this petition and direct the respondent No. 2/Divisional Commissioner, Aurangabad Division, Aurangabad, to decide the representation/application of the petitioner within four weeks from today and communicate the decision thereon to the petitioner. 4. Rule is thus made absolute on the above terms with no order as to costs. [ N. D. DESHPANDE, J.] [ P. V. HARDAS, J.] bsb/June 10