1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD. WRIT PETITION NO. 6923 OF 2008 Sitaram s/o Jema Rathod, Age 55 years, Occu.Nil, R/o Nitrud Tanda, Tq.Majalgaon, District Beed .. Petitioner Versus 1. The State of Maharashtra Civil Supply, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 032 2. The Collector, Beed, District Beed 3. The Sub-Divisional Officer, Ambejogai, Tq.Ambejogai, District Beed 4. The Tahsildar, Majalgaon, Tq.Majalgaon, Dist.Beed (5). Digambar s/o Harischandra Rathod, ...Deleted as per leave Age 50 years, Occu.Nil, granted by the Court R/o Lamanwadi, Tq.Majalgaon, on 2.7.2009 District Beed 5. District Supply Officer, .. Added as per leave Beed, Tq. And Dist.Beed granted by the Court on 2.7.2009 .. Respondents Shri A.M.Gaikwad, Avocate for petitioner Shri K.G.Patil, AGP for respondents 1 to 4 Respondent No.(5) Digambar Harischandra Rathod deleted as per leave of the Court dated 2.7.2009 and Respondent 5 District Supply Officer is added as per Court’s leave dated 2.7.2009 2 CORAM : P.V.HARDAS AND R.K.DESHPANDE, JJ DATE : 2nd July, 2009 ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER R.K.DESHPANDE , J ] 1. On the oral prayer of the learned Counsel for the petitioner, the respondent No.5 is permitted to be deleted at the risk of the petitioner. The petitioner further seeks leave to add the District Supply Officer as respondent to the instant writ petition. Leave is granted. The petitioner to carry out the amendment forthwith. Learned Assistant Government Pleader accepts notices on behalf of newly added respondent. 2. Rule. Rule returnable forthwith. With the consent of learned Counsel for the parties, this petition is heard finally at the stage of admission. 3. Although the petitioner has, in the instant petitioner vide prayer clause (B) prayed for directions to respondents 2 to 4 to renew the licence granted in favour of the petitioner for the distribution of the food grains; and the permit for distribution of kerosene for village Nitrud Tanda by cancelling the false and bogus licence granted in favour of the respondent No.5, the 3 petitioner states that the petitioner does not press the said relief and seeks a direction to the respondent – District Supply Officer to consider his application dated 29.1.2005 for renewal of his licence. Hence, the instant writ petition can be disposed of with the following directions. 4. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed and the newly added respondent No.5, i.e District Supply Officer, Beed is directed to decide the application dated 29.1.2005 submitted by the petitioner for renewal of his kerosene licence within a period of four weeks from the date of communication of the order of this Court. All questions raised in this petition are kept open. 5. Rule is thus made absolute on the terms indicated above with no order as to costs. ( R.K.DESHPANDE ) ( P.V.HARDAS ) JUDGE JUDGE vvr/6923.08wp 4