Prabhunath Prasad v. The Union Of India

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1935 of 2021 ====================================================== Prabhunath Prasad S/o- Jaglal Ram Resident of Village- Bhopatpura, P.S.- Mairwa, District- Siwan.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union of India through the Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum, Govt. of India, New Delhi.

2.

The State of Bihar through the District Magistrate-cum- Collector, Siwan. 3.

The Indian Oil Corporation through its Managing Director, Head Office, New Delhi.

4.

The General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, The Bihar State Office, Patna, Bihar.

5.

The Chief Divisional Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, Muzaffarpur Division, Muzaffarpur.

6.

The Deputy Sales Manager, Retail Sales, Indian Oil Corporation, Siwan. 7.

The Circle Officer, Guthni, Siwan.

8.

Manoj Kumar Ram S/O- Late Sita Ram Ram, resident of Village- Badgaon, P.S.- Mairwa, District- Siwan.

9.

Smt. Menka Kumari W/O- Virendra Kumar resident of Village- Harpur, P.S.- Zeeradei, District- Siwan.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr. Prabhakar Singh, Advocate For the State :

Mr. Anil K. Singh, GP 26 For the IOCL :

Mr. Sant Kumar Mishra, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MOHIT KUMAR SHAH ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA) 21-02-2022 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner; State and the Indian Oil Corporation.

The petitioner in this writ petition has raised his grievance that the land of the respondent no. 8 has been accepted as fulfilling the norms for setting up the petrol pump

Patna High Court CWJC No.1935 of 2021(4) dt.21-02-2022 2/2 despite the fact that at the sight it is not so. Admittedly, the Grievance Redressal Mechanism is available in the respondent Corporation itself which has not been availed by the petitioner.

We thus deem it fit to relegate the parties to avail the said remedy, as disputed question of facts are involved. The said forum will endeavour to decide the entire issue at the earliest in any case not later than four months.

Letter of Intent (LOI), if issued, in the meanwhile, shall be subject to the final decision of the said forum. Needless to say that if the petitioner still has any grievance, he shall be at liberty to avail the appropriate remedy. The writ petition stands disposed off on the abovementioned terms. (Rajan Gupta, J) ( Mohit Kumar Shah, J) Anjani/- U