1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.291 OF 2007 Smt Sarita Anil Jaiswal ...Petitioner v/s State of Maharashtra and ors. ...Respondents Mr A.V. Aiya for Petitioner. Mr C.R. Sonawane, AGP for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. CORAM : D.K. DESHMUKH AND K.K. TATED JJ. DATE : 8TH DECEMBER 2009. 2 P.C. :- 1] Leave to amend. Amendment to be carried out within one week from today. 2] This petition challenges the decision of the State Government to invite applications for grant of licence for running a ration shop in place of the shop which has been surrendered. The petitioner is a person who is already holding a ration shop. According to her, as the units held by her shop are lesser than 8,000, the units from the surrendered shop should have been allotted to her. Reply has been filed by the State Government in writ petition No.2166 of 2009. In that reply, they have stated that instead of inviting applications for new shop in place of the shop which has been surrendered , had the units been distributed amongst the existing shops, the existing card holders of the surrendered shop would have been required to cross the flyover bridge. Therefore, to avoid inconvenience to the card holders, it was decided to 3 invite applications for grant of licence for a shop in place of the shop which has been surrendered. As we find that the decision of the State Government is in the interest of the card holders, it will not be appropriate for this Court to interfere with the decision in its extraordinary jurisdiction under Constitution of India. Petition is rejected. Parties to act on the copy of this order duly authenticated by the Sheristedar / Private Secretary of this Court. Certified copy expedited. ( JUSTICE D.K. DESHMUKH ) ( JUSTICE K.K. TATED )