IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL CIVIL CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT WRIT WRIT PETITION NO.6406 OF 2001 PETITION NO.6406 OF 2001 PETITION NO.6406 OF 2001 Meharunnisa Abdul Khalil Khan ... Petitioner V/s. The State of Maharashtra & Ors. ... Respondents Mr.P.A. Pol for the Petitioner. Mr.P.P. Kakade, AGP, for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. Mr.D.K. Ghaisas for Respondent No.4. CORAM CORAM CORAM : SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. : SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. : SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATE DATE DATE : 15TH APRIL, 2009. : 15TH APRIL, 2009. : 15TH APRIL, 2009. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: 1. The petitioner has challenged the orders dated 7th September, 1999 and 9th April, 2001 passed by the respondent nos.3 and 2 respectively. No stay was granted in this petition which was filed in 2001. Similar matters have been dismissed by this Court as the challenge has become infructuous. Admittedly, the licenses have been granted and renewed time and again after the impugned orders were passed. In such circumstances, the petition is dismissed as infructuous without considering the contention of the petitioner with respect to the powers conferred on the Hon’ble Minister for Food and Civil Supplies to grant the allotment of a new ration shop. .....