1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.161 OF 2009 M/s. B.H. Agrawal (Bharat Petroleum Dealer) registered Partnership Firm through its partner Shri Babulal s/o. Hanumandas Agrawal Age 45 years, Occ. Business R/o. 3218, Agra Road, Opposite Shere Punjab, Dhule. Petitioner Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary Food & Civil Supply Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2]Additional Collector, Nandurbar Tq. and Dist. Nandurbar. 3] District Supply Officer Nandurbar Tq. & Dist. Nandurbar 4] M/s. Kutubali Noorjibhai and Company Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar through its Proprietor/Partner, Shri Khalil Khurshid Nurani Age 43 years, Occ. Business R/o. SKO, Dealers Bharat Petroleum Co.Ltd. Lonkheda, Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar Respondents M/s. Surekha Mahajan Advocate for the petitioner Mr. V.D. Rakh, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mr. M.G. Kochar, Advocate for the respondent No.4. 2 with WRIT PETITION NO. 331 OF 2009 M/s. B.H. Agrawal (Bharat Petroleum Dealer) registered Partnership Firm through its partner Shri Babulal s/o. Hanumandas Agrawal Age 45 years, Occ. Business R/o. 3218, Agra Road, Opposite Shere Punjab, Dhule. .. Petitioner Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary Food & Civil Supply Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2]Additional Collector, Nandurbar Tq. and Dist. Nandurbar. 3] District Supply Officer Nandurbar Tq. & Dist. Nandurbar 4] M/s. Natwarlal s/o. Devchand Shah and Company Partnership Firm through one of the Partner Rashiklal Bhuderbhai Doshi, Age 80 years, Occ. Business R/o. Bhoi Bazar, Nandurbar Tq. and Dist. Nandurbar. ... Respondents. M/s. Surekha Mahajan Advocate for the petitioner Mr. V.D. Rakh, AGP for the respondent No.1 Mr. M.G. Kochar, Advocate for the respondent No.4. 3 With WRIT PETITION NO. 442 of 2008 M/s. Khutubali Noorjibhai and company a registered Partnership Firm through its partnership 1] Mr. Taiyeb s/o. Haiderali Nooraji Age 42 years, Occ. Business 2] Mr. Khalil s/o. Khurshid Nooraji Age 44 years, Occ. Business Both r/o. C/o. M/s. Kutubali Noorjibhai & Company, SKO Dealers, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Lonkheda Tq. Shahada, Dist. Nandurbar .. Petitioners Vers. 1] The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary Food & Civil Supply Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2]Additional Collector, Nandurbar Tq. and Dist. Nandurbar. 3] M/s. B.H. Agrawal A registered Partnership Firm through its Partner Shri Babulal s/o. Hanumandas Agrawal Age years, Occ. Business R/o. 3218, Agra Road, Opp Shere Punjab Dhule, Tq. And Dist. Dhule. .. Respondents. Mr. R.R. Mantri, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Surekha Mahajan, Advocate for the respondent No.3 4 AND WRIT PETITION NO. 1407 OF 2008 M/s. Natwarlal Devchand Shah & co. A partnership Firm through one of the partner namely Rasiklal Bhuderbhai Doshi Age 80 years, Occ. Business R/o. Ghee Bazar, Nandurbar Dist. Nandurbar. .. Petitioner Versus 1] The State of Maharashtra through its Secretary Food & Civil Supply Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 2]Additional Collector, Nandurbar Tq. and Dist. Nandurbar. 3] M/s. B.H. Agrawal A registered Partnership Firm through its Partner Shri Babulal s/o. Hanumandas Agrawal Age years, Occ. Business R/o. 3218, Agra Road, Opp Shere Punjab Dhule, Tq. And Dist. Dhule. .. Respondents. CORAM : B.R. GAVAI & S.V. GANGAPURWALA,JJ. DATE : 23rd July, 2010. ORAL JUDGMENT [ PER S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J.] 1] All these petitions arise out of the orders passed by the Honourable Minister or the competent authorities regarding the fixation of their respective quota. A Coordinate Bench of this court 5 at Bombay in W.P. No. 3777/1996, and other companion matters has upheld the validity of the circular dated 20th May, 1999. We have also, pursuant to our orders in W.P. No. 5773/1999 upheld the vaildity of the subsequent/modified circular dated 23rd September, 1999 and the circular clarifying the position dated 13th October, 1999. 2] In view of the same, we set aside the impugned orders in the respective writ petitions and direct the Collector to redetermine the said quota, after hearing all the parties, in pursuance of the Govt. Circular dated 20th May, 1999, as modified by the circular dated 23rd September, 1999 and clarified by the circular dated 13th October, 1999. 3] Respective parties to appear before the Collector on 3rd August, 2010 and the Collector to decide the same on or before 31st August, 2010, so that the respective quotas would be made available in the month of September,2010. 4] Parties to act upon the authenticated copies of the order. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA,J.] [B.R. GAVAI,J.] grt/wp