IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) MONDAY, THE FOURTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE :PRESENT: THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE L.NARASIMHA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO : 27249 of 2009 Between: P. Babu Rao S/o. Gurrayya R/o. Flat N:G-5, Prathusa Enclave, Sri Nagar, Old Gajuwaka, Visakhapatnam-26. ..... Petitioner AND 1. Indian Oil Corporation Limited, (Marketing Division) Andhra Pradesh, State Office at 3-6-436, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Naspur House, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad, rep. by its General Manager. 2. The Deputy General Manager (Operation), Indian Oil Corporation Limited, State Office at 3-6-436, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Naspur House, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad, 3. Senior Terminal Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Visakha Terminal, Malkapuram P.O., Visakhapatnam-500 011. .....Respondents 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 in the nature of a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ direction order or orders declaring the action of the respondents in stating that the contract is black listed in the proceedings dated 29.10.2009 of Deputy General Manager without there being an order of black listing and their action in not operating the two TTs of the petitioner under the contract for 2007-2009 and not opening the price bid for the period 2010-2012 for transporting the oil and not awarding the contract to him on the ground that the petitioner is black listed as arbitrary, illegal and void and against the principles of natural justice; The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed herein and upon hearing the arguments of SRI M.P.CHANDRAMOULI, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Sri R. Raghunandan S.C. for IOCL for the respondents, the Court made the following: ORDER: Post on 21-12-2009 in the motion list. Learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondents undertakes to obtain instructions, particularly with reference to the blacklisting of the petitioner. It is made clear that in case it is found that the petitioner ought to have been permitted to participate in the proceedings, the same facility shall be extended to him as it extended to others. Sd/-U.S.SARMA ASSISTANT REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // for ASSISTANT REGISTRAR To 1. The General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, (Marketing Division) Andhra Pradesh, State Office at 3-6-436, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Naspur House, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad. . 2. The Deputy General Manager (Operation), Indian Oil Corporation Limited, State Office at 3-6-436, 2nd & 3rd Floor, Naspur House, Himayath Nagar, Hyderabad, 3. The Senior Terminal Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Visakha Terminal, Malkapuram P.O., Visakhapatnam-500 011.( 1 to 3 by RPAD) 4. One C.C.to Sri M.P.Chandramouli Advocate. (OPUC) 5. One C.C.to Sri R. Raghunandan Advocate. (OPUC) 6. one spare copy. HIGH COURT LRN.J DATED 14-12-2009 POST 21-12-2009 IN THE MOTION LIST. ORDER W.P.NO. 27249 OF 2009 DIRECTION Bsr Dt. 16-12-2009 HIGH COURT LRN.J DATED 14-12-2009 POST 21-12-2009 IN THE MOTION LIST. ORDER W.P.NO. 27249 OF 2009 DIRECTION