HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.20779 of 2009 DATED 25.09.2009 Between: B.Ramesh Reddy, Karimnagar ..... PETITIONER AND Union of India represented by its Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shyastri Bhavan, New Delhi and others .....RESPONDENTS Counsel for the petitioner: SRI N.SREEDHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent No.1: SRI A.RAJASEKHAR REDDY Counsel for the Respondent Nos.2 to 5: SRI T.SRINIVAS THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING: O R D E R:- It is the case of the petitioner that in pursuance of the notification published by the first respondent in the newspapers on 08.06.2009 for establishment of retail outlets in various places in the State of Andhra Pradesh, he applied for the retail outlet dealership of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation at Odyaram Village, Karimnagar District. His grievance is that even though his land is suitable for awarding petroleum dealership and he is more qualified than the sixth respondent, who also applied for the said dealership, he is placed at No.2 and the sixth respondent is placed at No.1 position, for extraneous considerations. Hence, this writ petition. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent Corporation submits that in the guidelines issued for selection of retail outlet dealers, grievance/complaint redressal system is provided, according to which, an aggrieved person can lodge a complaint within 30 days from the date of publication of result of the interview, and therefore, the petitioner can make a representation to the grievance cell, and till such time, the respondent Corporation will not finalise the selection or issue selection order to the alleged selected candidate. In the circumstances, the petitioner is directed to make a complaint to the grievance cell of the respondent-Corporation and the grievance cell is directed to consider the complaint of the petitioner, after issuing notice to the sixth respondent, and pass appropriate orders. Till such time, the respondent Corporation is directed not to issue any appointment order to the sixth respondent. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. ____________________ N.V.RAMANA, J Date: 25.09.2009 va