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MUMBAI: Bombay high court has directed the state government to frame a policy for setting up retail outlets for the sale of biodiesel.
A bench of justices Amjad Sayed and Madhav Jamdar heard a petition by three organisations led by All India Bio-Diesel Association to direct the state to comply with a Central notification of April 30, 2019 notification and to grant its non-objection.
The ministry of petroleum and natural gas had issued the notification for setting up biodiesel pumps and retail sale of biodiesel. The petitioners’ advocate Ranjit Shinde had argued that as per the notification, 11 permissions are required and out of these, nine are required from various authorities of the State. Shinde said despite representation and requests by the petitioners, nothing was done.