1 PIL-55-2026.odt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.55 OF 2026 [Kundlik S/o Babulal Chauragade and another Vs. State of Maharashtra and others] Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's order and Registrar's orders. Shri K.S. Motwani, Counsel for Petitioners. Shri S.M. Ukey, Additional Government Pleader for Respondent Nos.1 to 6. CORAM : ANIL S. KILOR AND RAJNISH R. VYAS , JJ. D ATE : 17 th AUGUST, 2026 1. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners. 2. Various prayers are made in this petition. However, the issue borne out from the facts is that the representation of the petitioners regarding illegal excavation of sand and loss caused to the public infrastructure is not addressed. 3. Hence, we direct the respondent No.2-Collector, Bhandara, to treat the present petition as a representation and take the same to its logical end within a period of four weeks from today, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the affected parties. 4. With the aforesaid direction, the petition is disposed of. (RAJNISH R. VYAS, J.) (ANIL S. KILOR, J.) LANJEWAR 2026:BHC-NAG:10581-DB