1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICMTURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. Writ Petition No. 143 of 2009 Akhil v. The State of Maharashtra and ors ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Office notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions and Registrar's orders. Court's or Judge's Orders. Mr V.K. Paliwal, Adv for petitioner. Ms Bharti Dangre, Addl. GP for R-1 Coram : D.D. Sinha and A.P. Bhangale, JJ Dated : 16th January 2009 1. Heard Mr V.K. Paliwal, learned counsel for petitioner. and Ms Bharti Dangre, learned Addl. Government Pleader for respondent no.1. Grievance of the petitioner is in respect of continuation of contract of cleaning and maintenance awarded to Akhil Bhartiya Mehetar Samaj Seva Mandal at various Bus Stations of the MSRTC in Vidarbha Region. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that inspite of the fact that contract had come to an end at some places, necessary steps for renewal of the said contracts have not taken by respondent no.2 nor fresh tenders are issued, therefore, 2 the petition. 3. In the backdrop of the above-referred facts, there is no point in keeping the petition pending and we dispose of the petition and direct respondent no. 2 to take appropriate steps in accordance with law and procedure applicable in this regard for grant of fresh contract in cases where contract (s) of cleaning and sanitation given to an agency/agencies has/have come to an end if there is no other legal impediment in doing so. Judge. Judge. hsj