1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.517 OF 2010 Grampanchayat, Mungi ... PETITIONER VERSUS The State of Maharashtra & ors. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri N.B. Narwade, Advocate for the petitioner Shri K.J. Ghute Patil, A.G.P. for respondents ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 27th July, 2010 PER COURT ): 1. This is a petition at the behest of the Grampanchayat, which seeks to challenge the proclamation which was issued on 30.1.2010 regarding auctioning of the sand spot at village Mungi, Taluka Shevgaon, District Ahmednagar. The period of contract under the said proclamation was till 30.7.2010. Stay came to be granted by this Court on the petitioner depositing an amount of Rs.10,000/- in this Court for covering the cost of the publication of the tender notice. Since stay was obtained, the tender notice did not proceed further. The petitioner has objected to the issuance of the aforesaid tender 2 notice on several grounds. According to us, since the period of contract as specified under the said tender notice/ proclamation is coming to an end on 30.7.2010 i.e. within three days from today, we dismiss this petition as infructuous with no order as to costs. However, since the issue has not been decided as to whether the proclamation issued by the respondents was contrary to the Government Resolutions or provisions of law, the amount of Rs. 10,000/- deposited by the petitioner would cover the costs of the advertisement. Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.) fmp/wp517.10