IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) FRIDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND FOUR PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 12365 of 2004 Between: G. Bramarambha Devi, W/o. Late N.K.Goggi Prasad Babu, R/o. Vampalli, Town, Kadapa District. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Vijayawada Divisional Office, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, G.V.T. Towers, III Floor, Bharathnagar, Ring Road, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 The General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, 3-6-436 to 438, II floor, 'Naspur House', Himayathnagar, Hyderabad-29. .....RESPONDENT(S) Petition under Article 226 of the constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the Affidavit filed herein the High Court will be pleased to issue a Writ of Mandamus or any other writ or order directing the respondents to follow the fair mode of selection for the appointment of its retail outlet dealer at Vempalli by duly giving paper notification calling for applications from public, by declaring the procedure adopeted for appointment of dealer for Vempalli Town without paper notification as arbitrary, illegal and offences the Fundamental rights guaranteed under Constitution of India. Counsel for the Petitioner: MR.G.RAMACHANDRA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: MR.P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, Standing Counsel for IOC The Court at the admission stage made the following : ORDER: The petitioner approached this Court with a grievance that the respondents while calling for applications for appointment of Retail outlet dealers did not give proper notification to enable the petitioner to make an application and therefore, he requested to direct the respondents to give proper notification and follow the fair procedure for selection of the candidates for appointment as Retail outlet dealers. The learned Standing counsel for the respondents represented that out of the applications received by the respondents they could not find suitable candidates and therefore, no candidate is being appointed to maintain the retail outlets. He further submitted that the Corporation would take further steps for identifying the suitable candidates after following the due procedure prescribed under the rules. In the light of the submissions made by the learned Standing counsel for the respondents, this writ petition cannot be maintained. Hence, the writ petition is dismissed. No costs. ___________________ (DR.G.YETHIRAJULU, J) 23.07.2004 dr To 1 Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Vijayawada Divisional Office, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, G.V.T. Towers, III Floor, Bharathnagar, Ring Road, Vijayawada, Krishna District. 2 The General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, 3-6-436 to 438, II floor, 'Naspur House', Himayathnagar, Hyderabad-29. 3 Two CD copies.