Citation : 2017 Latest Caselaw 3772 Bom
Judgement Date : 29 June, 2017
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.
WRIT PETITION NO. 4396 OF 2011
PETITIONERS :- 1. Jaikisan Trading Company, Prop. Jaikisan
Jairamdas Sachani, Behind Amardeep
Cinema, Itwari Anaj Bazar, Nagpur.
2. Avinash Trading Company, Prop. Avinash
Pritamdas Sachani, Bhutada Chambers,
Nagpur.
3. Bhavesh Trading Company, Prop. Anilkumar
Jairamdas Sachani, Behind Amardeep
Talkies, Nagpur.
4. M/s. Balchand Hasaram, Prop. Balchand
Hasaram Sachani, Near Police Chowk,
Nagpur.
...VERSUS...
RESPONDENTS :- 1. State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary,
Ministry of Cooperation, Mantralaya,
Mumbai.
2. The Chairman, Agriculture Produce Market
Committee, having its office at Kalamna
Market Yard, Nagpur.
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Mr.R.M.Vaidya, counsel h/f Mr.Anand Parchure,
counsel for the petitioners.
Mr. K.L.Dharmadhikari, Asstt.Govt.Pleader for the respondent No.1.
Mr. Uday Dastane, counsel for the respondent No.2
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CORAM : SMT. VASANTI A NAIK &
ARUN D. UPADHYE
, JJ.
DATED : 29.06.2017
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O R A L J U D G M E N T (Per Smt.Vasanti A Naik, J.)
By this writ petition, the petitioners have challenged the
notice of the respondent No.2-Agriculture Produce Market Committee,
dated 20/05/2011, restraining the petitioners from operating from the
places where they were operating as grain traders outside the market
area. The petitioners have also sought a direction against the
respondents to forthwith take steps to allot the shop block to the
petitioners as per their respective entitlement, according to the rules.
After hearing the parties at length, this court had, while
issuing Rule by the order dated 10/10/2012 permitted the petitioners
to carry on their trade at the existing premises till the respondent No.2-
APMC offers them alternate accommodation within the market yard.
Since 10/10/2012, the respondent No.2-APMC has not taken any
decision pertaining to the allotment of alternate accommodation to the
petitioners within the market yard area, with the result that the
petitioners are carrying on their business in the premises in which they
were carrying it on, till the writ petition was filed in the year 2011.
Shri Dastane, the learned counsel for the respondent No.2-
APMC, states that though some shops are constructed in the market
area since the elections to the market committee are due, it is not
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permissible for the market committee to take a decision pertaining to
the allotment of the shop blocks in favour of the petitioners or any other
persons that had applied for allotment, at this stage. It is stated that a
decision could be taken by the market committee after the elections. It
is stated that the writ petition could be disposed of by continuing the
interim relief till a decision whether the shops could be allotted to the
petitioners or not, is taken by the market committee.
Since the interim relief is operating in favour of the
petitioners for more than five years and some time would be required
for the APMC to take a decision on the applications made by the
petitioners and others for allotment of shop blocks in the market area,
we dispose of the writ petition by continuing the interim relief granted
on 10/10/2012 till the respondent No.2-APMC takes a decision in the
matter of allotment of shops to the applicants. Order accordingly. No
costs.
JUDGE JUDGE KHUNTE
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