1 WP 11562.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 11562 OF 2010 Bhaskar S/o Bapurao Kadam & Others .... PETITIONERS V E R S U S The Tahsildar, Umri & another .... RESPONDENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. G.M.Jadhav, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. V.D.Godbharle, Asstt. Govt. Pleader for State. CORAM : NARESH H. PATIL & S.V. GANGAPURWALA, JJ. DATE : 20/01/2011 PER COURT : 1. Heard. 2. The petitioner’s contention is that they were granted licence to run fair price shop. On 8/3/1996, the licencing authority ( Tahsildar, Umri, Dist. Nanded ) granted licence to the petitioner as retail dealer of kerosene ( hawkers ) subject to provisions of the Maharashtra Kerosene Dealers Licencing Order, 1966. Clause 7 of the said order reads as : “ 7. This licence shall be valid up to 31/12/1997 2 WP 11562.10 and shall be renewed before 31st January of the year following ”. 3. The petitioners are aggrieved by communication issued by the Tahsildar, Umri dated 16/12/2010. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that under the orders, the petitioners and other similarly situated several persons are directed to get their quota from semi wholesaler dealing in kerosene. The submission of the learned counsel is that the licence to deal in kerosene granted to the petitioner in the year 1996 would be in operation till the licence to run fair price shop is continued by the State authorities. 5. We have considered the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Assistant Govt. Pleader. 6. The petitioners are unable to place on record renewal of their licence to deal in kerosene after the year 1996. In light of clause 7 of the Maharashtra Kerosene Dealers Licencing Order, 1966, we are of the view that though the petitioners did not get their licence renewed from 1996 onwards, they claim to be dealing in distribution of kerosene on the basis of the quota allotted from the State authorities. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submitted that for successive years after 1996, the applications were filed by the petitioners for renewal, but their licences were not renewed. 7. In the light of the documents placed before us and the fact that the petitioners’ licence were not renewed, we are not inclined to consider 3 WP 11562.10 the petition for issuing direction to the respondents. 8. We direct the Collector, Nanded to look into cases of licence holders, who were dealing in kerosene in Nanded district and whose licences were not renewed or expired, and take appropriate action in accordance with law and policy of the State. The present Writ Petition is dismissed. The parties to act upon the copy of this order duly authenticated by the Court Shirastedar. [S.V. GANGAPURWALA, J.] [NARESH H. PATIL,J.] knp/WP 11562.10