ORDER :

1. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:-

(A) Your Lordships may be pleased to admit and allow the present petition.

(B) Your Lordships may be pleased to pass appropriate, order relief direction by quashing setting aside the impugned no objection certificate (N.O.C.) issued by the Additional Collector, Valsad respondent no.3 herein as the said NOC issued without considering the objection filed by the petitioner’s Manager dtd.12.2.2020.

(C) Pending admission, hearing and final disposal of the petition Your Lordships may be pleased to stay the pending impugned NOC and other permissions issued by the competent authorities in the year 2020 and further be pleased to restrain respondent no.6 from constructing the petrol pump on a road which is not falling under rural category but falling under the GIDC.

(D) Your Lordships may be pleased to grant such other and further relief’s as may be deemed fit, just and proper in the interest of justice.

2. The case of the petitioner is that pursuant to the advertisement issued by Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘HPCL”) inviti