(1) wp9146-11 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO. 9146 OF 2011 Sanjay Jaynarayan Sharma PETITIONER VERSUS Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and another RESPONDENTS ..... Mr. D.S. Bagul, advocate for the Petitioner. Smt. Anjali Bajpai-Dube, advocate for the Respondent Nos. 1 and 2. ..... CORAM : B.R. GAVAI AND M.T. JOSHI, JJ. DATED : 1st DECEMBER, 2011 ORAL ORDER: 1. The application of the petitioner for grant of a Retail Outlet (Petrol Pump) by the Respondent No. 1 was rejected on the ground that the petitioner failed to produce a certificate of having passed S.S.C. Examination, as it is one of the conditions given in the advertisement as well as Information Brochure. 2. The petitioner had annexed to his application a letter from the school where he had studied, certifying that though the petitioner has (2) wp9146-11 lost his S.S.C. Examination Certificate, he had, in fact, studied in the school and had passed the S.S.C. Examination. 3. Smt. Bajpai-Dube, learned counsel appearing for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2, submitted that in view of the instances of production of fake certificates from the schools, the Respondent No. 1's insistence on filing of attested copy of the S.S.C. Certificate. The applications of some of the applicants, which are similarly situated, are also rejected by the Respondents. 4. In view of the facts, stated above, as the petitioner failed to comply with the necessary condition, we do not find any material to interfere in the decision of the Respondent No. 1. The Writ Petition is, therefore, rejected. [M.T. JOSHI, J.] [B.R. GAVAI, J.] npj/wp9146-11