The appellant, a private company engaged in manufacturing and engineering goods, sought the allotment of 8,000 sq. yards of land adjacent to its existing premises in the Satpur Industrial Estate, ... Nasik. The Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) rejected this application on December 19, 2005, despite the land being designated as vacant. In contrast, MIDC allocated 17 acres of this land to Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. on March 27, 2006, after changing its designation from Open Space to Industrial Area.