Sanjeev Kumar v. The Union Of India And ORS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.4441 of 2013 ====================================================== Sanjeev Kumar, S/O Sri Suresh Prasad Yadav, Resident of At and P.OBakhadda, P.S- Kamal, District- Begusarai. .... .... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Natural Gas, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi- 11001.

2.

The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., through its General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Office at State of Bihar, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Bhawan, 5th Floor, Dak Bunglow Chowk, Patna-800001, 3.

The Deputy General Manager, (Marketing), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Office at State of Bihar, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Bhawan, 5th Floor, Dak Bunglow Chowk, Patna.

4.

The Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Begusarai Division Office, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., (Marketing Division), P.OBarauni Oil Refinery, District Begusarai, Pin- 851114. 5.

Interview Board through the Member, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Dealers Selection Committee, Patna.

6.

Sales Officer, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Sale Office, Begusarai. 7.

Members of the Interview Committee, Indian Oil Corporation, Retail Outlet Selection Committee, Patna.

8.

Smt. Zeenat Afshan, W/O Ch. Firoze Abbas Resident of Village and P.O- Lakhminia, P.S- Balia, District- Begusarai. .... .... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s : None For the Respondent/s : Mr. Anil Kumar Jha, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sanat Kumar Mishra ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN ORAL ORDER 21-04-2016 None appears on behalf of the petitioner. Mr Anil Kumar Jha, learned senior counsel along with Mr. Sanat Kumar Mishra appears for the respondent-Corporation. The petitioner seeks a direction to the respondentCorporation for appointment of Dealer under Kishan Seva Kendra on the basis of an advertisement dated 20.8.2011. While there is no representation on behalf of the

Patna High Court CWJC No.4441 of 2013 (4) dt.21-04-2016 petitioner, it is submitted by Mr. Jha, learned senior counsel appearing for the Corporation with reference to a letter of the General Manager dated 15.1.2013 addressed to the writ petitioner on his complaint on the selection process and in which it has been mentioned that the location itself was found to be absurd inasmuch whereas the road on which the retail outlet is to be established, itself runs from West to East from Lakhminia Durgasthan School to Hanuman Tola in the district of Begusarai, the location advertised mentions its site on the Eastern side of the road which is an impossibility. It is in these circumstances that it was decided to notify the location afresh and hence the decision.

Having considered the submissions of Mr. Jha, learned counsel appearing for the Corporation in the backdrop of the communication of the General Manager placed at Annexure-7 disposing of the complaint of the petitioner and which decision of the General Manager has not been questioned in the writ petition, no cause for indulgence is made out and the writ petition is accordingly dismissed.

(Jyoti Saran, J) SKPathak/- U