Kanhaiya S/O Hotumal Raheja v. The State Of Maharashtra Through Principal Secretary, Revenue And Forest Dept. And 10 Others

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH AT NAGPUR CRIMINAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.2/2014 Kanhaiya s/o Hotumal Raheja ...Versus...

The State of Maharashtra, through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32 and others with CRIMINAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.6/2015 Kanhaiya s/o Hotumal Raheja ...Versus...

The State of Maharashtra, through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Forest Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 32 and others with CRIMINAL PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.3/2014 Kanhaiya s/o Hotumal Raheja ...Versus...

State of Maharashtra, through the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Forests Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai - 400032 and others - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Court's or Judge's orders appearances, Court's orders of directions and Registrar's orders - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Shri M.K. Kulkarni, Advocate for petitioner in all PILs. Shri M.K. Pathan, Addl. P.P. for respondent nos.1 to 6 & 11 in PIL no.2/14 S/Shri S.K. Bhandarkar, R.M. Pande, Advocates for respondent no.10 in PIL no.

2/14 Mrs. K.S. Joshi, Addl. P.P. for respondent nos.1 to 4 & 19 - State in PIL no.6/15 and for respondent nos.1 to 8 in PIL no.3/14 Shri V.S. Kukday, Advocate for respondent nos.12, 17 to 20 in PIL no.3/14 Shri M.I. Dhatrak, Advocate for respondent no.10 in PIL no.3/14 Shri N.N. Thengre, Advocate for respondent no.11 in PIL no.3/14 Shri Abhay Sambre, Advocate for respondent nos.13 to 15 in PIL no.

0908crpil2.14.odt CORAM : B.P. DHARMADHIKARI AND ARUN D. UPADHYE, JJ.

DATE : 09.08.2017 Heard respective Counsel. The malpractices in sand excavation are being agitated by petitioner. We find that after filing of present petitions, State Government has come up with various regulatory measures including issuance of transit pass after the sand is loaded in the truck at site through e-mail. Advocate Shri Kulkarni, wants to demonstrate that even in this system the lacunae are being created. The petitions are filed in the year 2014 and 2015. Recently, while deciding identical challenge, this Court has directed the State Government to consider feasibility of providing Global Positioning System (GPS) on such vehicles used for sand transport.

We, therefore, request petitioner to go through these orders and thereafter file appropriate petition, if necessary before this Court.

Accordingly with this liberty, we dispose of present Public Interest Litigations. No costs.

Steno copy of the order is granted.

JUDGE JUDGE Wadkar