IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.10667 of 2011 Anshul Kumar son of Late Yogendra Prasad Resendra, resident of village- Marwan, P.O.- Marwan, P.S.- Karja, District-Muzaffarpur. …..Petitioner. Versus 1. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd through its Chairman, Registered office at G-9, Ali Yavarganj Bandra, East Mumbai-400051 (India). 2. General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Bihar State Office, Lok Nayak Jai Prakas Bhawan, 5th Floor, Dak Bunglow Chowk, Patna-800 001. 3. Deputy General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, 1st Floor Shahi Bhawan, Exhibition Road, Patna-800 001. 4. Senior Area Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Marketing Division (Eastern Region) Indian Area officer, Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Bhawan, 5th Floor, Dak Bunglow Chowk, Patna-800 001. …. Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : M/s Mukesh Kumar Jha & Dhurendra Kumar, Advocates. For the respondents : Mr. Kali Das Chatterji, Senior Advocate With Mr. Amlesh Kumar Verma, Advocate. --------- 04/ 25.08.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging letter dated 06.05.2011 by which Senior Area Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited cancelled the candidature of the petitioner for award of Rajiv Gandhi L.P.G. Vitarak of Indian Oil Corporation at Marwan in the district of Muzaffarpur under CC category on the ground that the land offered by the petitioner for godown was not situated in the advertised location, namely Marwan. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents submits that he has received instructions from the authorities of the respondent- Indian Oil Corporation that the advertisement dated 17.10.2009 on - 2 - the basis of which petitioner had filed his application was defective as there is no village by the name ‘Marwan’, whereas there are other villages in the same district by the name ‘Marwan Khurd’ and ‘Marwan Bhoj’. Hence, they are going to cancel the said advertisement and are also going to make fresh advertisement for the concerned location giving the correct name of the village. 4. In the aforesaid circumstances, when the advertisement on the basis of which the petitioner had filed the application is itself going to be cancelled, this writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of as such. However, the petitioner will be at liberty to file his application in response to the new advertisement going to be made soon by the respondents, if he fulfills all the criteria. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)