IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 23181 of 2003 Between: Om Sri Sai Ram Gas Agencies, Rep. By its Proprietor, N.Deendayal Rao, 5-3-202, Ashok Nagar, Karim Nagar-505 001. ..... PETITIONER AND 1 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Rep. By its Director (Marketing), G9, Allyavar Jung Marg, Vandra, East Mumbai-400051. 2 Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rep. by it's Director (Marketing), 17, Jamshedji, Tate Road, Mumbai-400020. 3 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rep. by its Director (Marketing), Currimvsoy Road, TB No.688, Ballard Estate, Mumbai. 4 The Union Of India, Rep. by its Principal Secretary, Ministry of Petrolium and Natural Gas, Sastri Bhavan, New Delhi. .....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 will be pleased to issue a Writ, or Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in proposing to appoint new LPG distributors in the areas of operation of the distributorship of the petitioner for the locations at Karimnagar, Karimnagar District, selected and appointed in pursuance of the notification issued in the month of Aug 2000 as arbitrary, illegal, unfair, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 19(1) G, 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India, apart from in Violation of marketing plan as well as the economic viability as set up by the Respondents. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.KESAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondents: MR.P.V.SANJAY KUMAR The Court made the following: ORDER: When the matter is called, petitioner’s counsel requested to close the writ petition. In view of the above request, the writ petition is closed. No order as to costs. _________________ 19th February, 2008 SKM ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER Copy To 1 The Director (Marketing), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., , G9, Allyavar Jung Marg, Vandra, East Mumbai-400051. 2 The Director (Marketing), Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., 17, Jamshedji, Tate Road, Mumbai-400020. 3 The Director (Marketing), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Currimvsoy Road, TB No.688, Ballard Estate, Mumbai. 4 The Principal Secretary, Union Of India, Ministry of Petrolium and Natural Gas, Sastri Bhavan, New Delhi. 5 2 CD Copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}