1 PIL WP138-10 mgj IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Public Interest Litigation No.138 of 2010 Shri Vidyadhar Moreshwar Kulkarni ..Petitioner vs. 1 The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation & others ..Respondents. Shri S.S.Tambekar for petitioners. CORAM: MOHIT S.SHAH CJ & S.C.DHARMADHIKARI J 15th July, 2010 P.C. 1 What is challenged in this petition purporting to be a Public Interest Litigation, under Article 226 of the Constitution is a Resolution dated 20th December, 2007 of Kolhapur Municipal Corporation awarding the contract for supplying e-governance software to Kolhapur Municipal Corporation. The grievance is that 2 PIL WP138-10 the said Resolution runs counter to the Government of Maharashtra Resolution dated 11th November, 2005 which required that the e-governance software which is developed by A.B.M. Knowledgeware Ltd. and implemented at Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation be replicated at all the Municipal Corporations, Nagar Parishads and Nagar Panchayats but respondent no.1 Corporation awarded the contract for e-governance software to respondent no. 4. 2 Having regard to the fact that the impugned Resolution was passed on 20th December, 2007 and that the petitioner has an alternative remedy of inviting attention of the State Government to the above Resolution dated 20th December, 2007, we dispose of this petition with a direction that if the petitioner makes a representation to the State Government the same will be examined by 3 PIL WP138-10 the Government on its own merits. CHIEF JUSTICE S.C.DHARMADHIKARI J.