1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 7405 OF 2010 Raghunath Wahoji Bansode ..Petitioner Versus Chief Executive Officer, Municipal Council, Latur & others ..Respondents ... Advocate appearing for : Petitioner : Shri Vikram S. Undre h/f Shri P.R. Katneshwarkar. ... CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. & NARESH H. PATIL, J. Dated : November 29, 2010 PER COURT :- 1. The petitioner - a Member of Municipal Council, Latur, has challenged in this Writ Petition, Resolution No.8 of the Municipal Council, Latur passed in its General Body Meeting held on 26.11.2009. By the impugned Resolution, the Municipal Council has allotted the land admeasuring 792 sq. meters (City Survey No.4597 out of Survey No.200 of Latur) to Latur District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd. for an amount of Rs. 84,74,400/- for the purpose of constructing an auditorium. 2. The petitioner's contention is that the land ought to have been used by the Municipal Council for constructing a shopping complex 2 and allotting the shops therein to the needy persons for generating employment opportunities for them. It is also submitted that, alternatively, the land could have been used for constructing a cattle shed for stray cattle. 3. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioner, we do not think that the impugned resolution of the Municipal Council calls for any interference. At the same time, we make it clear that the petitioner will be at liberty to make an appropriate representation / submission before the Municipal Council, Latur to allot some other land for construction of shopping complex for letting out the shops therein to the residents of the city for creating job opportunities for them. So also, the petitioner will be at liberty to request the Municipal Council, Latur to allot some other land for construction of cattle shed for stray cattle. 4. Subject to above observations, Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. CHIEF JUSTICE NARESH H.PATIL, J. ... akl