(Per Sandeep V. Marne, J.)
1) This petition is filed in public interest challenging allotment
of various plots of land by Maharashtra Industrial Development
Corporation (MIDC) in favour of Respondent Nos. 4 to 25.
2) Petitioner claims to be a social organization and a public
trust set up with the objective of eradicating corruption. Petitioner No. 2
is the President of Petitioner No.1. It is pleaded that Petitioner No. 2
came across a press report in newspaper where several plots of land
were alloted by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to
various persons closely related to the Ministers and Members of
Legislative Assembly. Petitioner alleges that public land, intended for
industrial development in the State, has been allotted at throwaway
prices and on concessional rates, contrary to the provisions of
Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation Act, 1961 (MIDC
Act). Petitioner alleges that such allotment is made without conduct of
tender process. Accordingly, the Petitioner has filed the present petition
questioning the allotment of plots by MIDC to Respondent Nos. 4 to 25.