IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.2818 of 2002 Between: B. Srinivasa Rao, S/o Venkata Ramaiah, R/o 40-4-23, Chakalivari Street, Kothapatnam Road, Ongole, Prakasam Dist. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Indian Oil Corporation, Rep by Deputy General Manager (Marketing) 3-6-436, Naspur Building, Himayathnagar, Hyderabad. 2 Dealer Selection Board, Rep By Its Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation, Chandralok Complex, S.D. Road, Secunderabad. 3 District collector, Ongole, Prakasam District. 4 Revenue Divisional Officer, Ongole, Prakasam District. 5 Mandal Revenue Officer, Santhamaguluru Mandal, Santhamaguluru, Prakasam District. 6 K. Yellamanda Reddy, S/o Narasimha Reddy, Narasimha Fillinmg Station, Indian Oil Dealers, Santhamaguluru Corss Road, Prakasam District. 7 B. Ramakrishna , S/o Late Koteswara Rao, R/o Minnekallu, Santhamagulur Madnal, Prakasam District. .....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 may be pleased to issue a Writ, order or direction ,more in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the respondents and continuing the 6th Respondent as Dealer in respect of Retail Outlet location at Santhamagulu X Road, Prakasam Dist beside being that he is non-resident of Prakasam Dist as was found by the Dist Collector, Prakasam Diost in his Proceedings dagted 29-12-01 and the action of the 1st Respondent in not taking any actionn in spite of the representaion of the petitioner as illegal unjust arbitrary capricious, malafide and discriminatory, thereby violating of articles 14 & 16 of the constitution of India and consequently direct the 1st respondent to set aside the orders of the 6th Respondent as a Ratail Outlet Dealership atr Santhamagulur Cross Roads, Prakasam Dist by his orders dated 12-2-01 and allot the retail outlet in favour of the petitioner. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.Y.SUBBHA REDDY Counsel for the Respondents: GP FOR REVENUE The Court made the following : THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE V.ESWARAIAH WRIT PETITION No.2818 of 2002 ORDER: When the matter has been taken up for hearing on 04-04-2008, none appeared for the petitioner and as such, the matter has been posted “for dismissal”. Today also, when the matter is taken up for hearing, neither learned counsel for the petitioner is present nor is there any representation on his behalf. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________ 11-04-2008 Prv ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER To 1.2CCs to 2.2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{RAGHU}