138-WP-8294-2026.odt 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 8294 of 2026 Anoj Kumar Agarwala vs. The Divisional Commissioner, Nagpur Division, Nagpur and others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Court's or Judge's Order Coram, appearances, Court's Orders or directions and Registrar's order ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Tejas Deshpande, Advocate with Mr. Harshu Waghurkar, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. D. P. Thakre, Addl. G. P. for respondent nos. 1 to 4. CORAM :- ANIL S. KILOR and RAJNISH R. VYAS, JJ. DATE :- 12th OCTOBER, 2026. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned AGP for the respondent/State. 2. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking direction to the respondent No.2-Collector, Chandrapur to forthwith either grant renewal to the license of the petitioner or extend the period of license of the petitioner in order to enable the petitioner to sell remaining quantity of sand. 3. However, the fact remains that a similar request has already been made by the petitioner in representation dated 04.09.2025 and submitted on 18.09.2025 to the respondent No.2-Collector, Chandrapur, which is at Page 34, Annexure G. 4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that even after a passage of more than 12 months, the application/representation of the petitioner is not yet decided by the respondent No.2. Hence, the petitioner has approached before this Court. 2026:BHC-NAG:13689-DB 138-WP-8294-2026.odt 2 5. In view of the above, we direct the respondent No.2 Collector, Chandrapur to consider the request as made by the petitioner in representation dated 04.09.2025, which is at Page 34, Annexure-G, submitted to the Office of the respondent No.2-Collector, Chandrapur on 18.09.2025, on its own merits, in accordance with law, and more specifically, in view of the permission granted to the other contractor, as mentioned in the aforesaid representation, within eight weeks from the date of receipt of this order. 6. The decision taken thereupon shall be communicated to the petitioner within two weeks from the date of such decision. 7. With these direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No order as to costs . ( RAJNISH R. VYAS, J.) (ANIL S. KILOR, J.) Andurkar. Signed by: Jayant S. Andurkar Designation: PA To Honourable Judge Date: 12/10/2026 20:11:47