1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 2369 OF 2008 Shri Deepak R. Pardesi .. Petitioner Versus The District Supply Officer, Nashik and others .. Respondents Mr. Anil Kumar Patil, for the petitioner Mr. A. H. Palekar, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 CORAM: J. N. PATEL, & MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED: 16, April, 2009 P. C. . Heard. 2. The Petitioner has approached this Court impugning the advertisement published by the office of the Collector, Civil Supply Department, inviting applications from eligible persons for allocation of ration shops, notified in Annexure-A to the advertisement (Exh.B to the petition). The petitioner is mainly concerned with Item No. 27- Ghoti Shop No. 127. The petitioner is already having a ration shop at Anandnagar, Ghoti, Tq. Igatpuri. 3. The Tahsildar, Igatpuri has, on 19.11.2005, on the basis of inspection conducted by the Food Supply Inspection Officer ( Puravatha Nirikshan Adhikari) in respect of ration shop run by the Trushna Mahila Grihaudyog Mandal Ghoti and considering the irregularities pointed, cancelled the permit of the said ration 2 shop and by way of an arrangement allotted the units of the said Fair Price Shop No. 127 to the petitioner shop, till allocation of the said ration shop No.127. 4. It is the case of the petitioner that from last three years, he has been successfully managing the disbursement of articles from his fair price shop to these unit holders and, therefore, there should not have been any advertisement for allocation of the ration shop in the area as it will adversely affect the petitioner. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that units of Shop No. 127 were allotted to the petitioner without any restriction or limitation. But it is not disputed that these units were allotted only on cancellation of the ration shop which was earlier run by Trushna Mahila Grihaudyog Mandal, Ghoti which was under liquidation. We do not find that the petitioner gets any vested right in continuing with the said units as the petitioner is running his own fair price shop and has get required units allotted to his shop. Therefore, the respondents are justified in inviting applications for allocation of ration shops/fair price shop which were cancelled. We find that there is no merit in the matter. Petition is dismissed. ( MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (J. N. PATEL, J.) jpc/-