10.wp-9068-10.doc jdk IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 9068 OF 2010 Ranjit Annaso Chapale ..Petitioner Vs. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. and Ors. ..Respondents Mr. Chetan Patil for Petitioner Mr. Minoo Siodia i/b M/s. Rustamji and Ginwala for Respondent No.1 CORAM : S.A.BOBDE AND SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI, J J. DATE : NOVEMBER 25, 2011. P.C.: 1. Rule, returnable forthwith. Heard finally by consent of the parties. 2. The petitioner is seeking an appointment as a LPG Distributor by the Respondent-Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. under the scheme of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitarak. According to the petitioner, he is fully eligible being a son of an ex-serviceman. Further, according to the petitioner, respondent nos. 2 and 3 are ineligible on the ground that respondent no. 2 is not a resident of village Kapasi where the appointment is to be made and the 1 10.wp-9068-10.doc respondent no. 3 does not hold any land in the said village. Mr. Siodia, the learned Counsel for the Respondent- Corporation states that it is not necessary to consider the eligibility of the respondent no. 2 since the respondent no. 2 has withdrawn from the application for appointment. 3. As far as respondent no. 3 is concerned, in the submission of the learned Counsel for the Corporation the said respondent is not having any land in his own name as per the Certificate issued by the Talathi, however, according to Mr. Siodia, he may be eligible under the extended definition of `Family Unit' in the scheme vide clause 4(e), since that definition includes members of the family other than the applicant. Mr. Siodia states that all the applications will be scrutinized from the point of view of the requirements laid down by the Corporation and allotment will be made thereafter. 4. Having regard to the submission of Mr. Siodia that applications of the petitioner and respondent no. 3 will be scrutinized carefully after the draw which is also proposed to be held, we see no reason to interfere at this stage. Accordingly, the statement on behalf of respondent no. 1 is accepted and the petition is disposed of with the direction that the respondent-Corporation shall consider making appointment in accordance with the clarifications as laid 2 10.wp-9068-10.doc down. The Respondents shall take a decision within a period of three months from today. 5. Rule is made absolute accordingly. [ SMT. V.K.TAHILRAMANI,J.] [ S.A.BOBDE, J. ] 3