IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD

940 WRIT PETITION NO. 4793 OF 2025

SHRIRAM INDANE THR ITS PROPRIETOR S.L.ACCHA VERSUS UNION OF INDIA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

AND 941 WRIT PETITION NO. 4794 OF 2025

ASMITA GAS AGENCY THR ITS PROPRIETOR R.U. KAMBLE VERSUS UNION OF INDIA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

AND 942 WRIT PETITION NO. 4795 OF 2025

ANAND GAS SERVICE THR ITS PROPRIETOR B.M. DESHMUKH VERSUS UNION OF INDIA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

AND 943 WRIT PETITION NO. 4796 OF 2025

JYOTI INDANE THR ITS PROPRIETOR Y.V. BHOGAL VERSUS UNION OF INDIA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

AND 944 WRIT PETITION NO. 4797 OF 2025

SHRI SHIV SAI GAS SERVICE THR ITS PARTNER A.R. NEMMANIWAR VERSUS UNION OF INDIA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

945 WRIT PETITION NO. 4798 OF 2025

SAI INDANE THR ITS PROPRIETOR V.D. PUJARI VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA THR ITS SECRETARY AND OTHERS

…. Mr M. D. Deshpande, Advocate h/f Mr Sushant V. Dixit, Advocate for petitioners in all petitions

Mr Bhushan Kulkarni, Standing Counsel for respondent No.1 in WP Nos.

Mr A. P. Bhandari, Advocate for respondent Nos.2 and 3 in WP Nos.4793/2025, 4795/2025, 4796/2025 and 4798/2025 Mr Rahul Bagul, Standing Counsel for respondent No.1 in WP No.4794/2025

CORAM : MANGESH S. PATIL AND PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, JJ.

DATE : 8th April, 2025

PER COURT:

1. Heard.

2. Issue notice for final disposal to the respondents in all the writ petitions, returnable on 23/04/2025. Learned standing counsel Mr Kulkarni waives service of notice on behalf of respondent No.1 in Writ Petition Nos.4793/2025, 4795/2025, 4796/2025, 4797/2025 and 4798/2025. Learned Standing counsel Mr Bagul waives service of notice on behalf of respondent No.1 in Writ Petition No.4794/2025. Learned advocate Mr Bhandari waives service of notice on behalf of respondent Nos.2 and 3 in Writ Petition Nos.4793/2025, 4795/2025, 4796/2025 and 4798/2025.

3. Hamdast is allowed. Leave is granted to serve un-served respondents privately.

4. Operation of the impugned policy only to the extent of these petitioners shall stand stayed till the next date in the light of the decision of this Court dated 30/09/2019 in the matter of Mrs Shailaja R. Khanvilkar and others Vs. Union of India and others (Writ Petition No.8753/2018).

(PRAFULLA S. KHUBALKAR, J.) (MANGESH S. PATIL, J.) sjk