IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) THURSDAY, THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF JULY TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MS JUSTICE G.ROHINI WRIT PETITION NO : 7896 of 2009 BETWEEN: N. Gopal Rao, S/o. Pandurangaiah, R/o. 7-274, East Street, Near A.S. Temple, Gudur, Nellore District. ... PETITIONER AND Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Rep. by its Regional Manager, LPG Regional Office, Ananthapur. ...RESPONDENT 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, order or direction more particularly one in the nature of mandamus declaring the inaction of the respondent Corporation in appointing the petitioner as LPG Distributor for Gudur, Nellore District pursuant to the selection process and interview conducted on 23-2-2008, as illegal, arbitrary, violative of Articles 14 and 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India and consequently direct the respondent corporation to appoint the petitioner as LPG Distributor for Gudur, Nellore District and pass Counsel for the Petitioner : MR.P.ROY REDDY Counsel for the Respondent : DR.P.B.VIJAY KUMAR The Court made the following : THE HON’BLE Ms. JUSTICE G. ROHINI WRIT PETITION No. 7896 of 2009 ORDER: This writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the inaction on the part of the respondent-Corporation in appointing the petitioner as LPG Distributor for Gudur, Nellore District pursuant to the interview conducted on 23.02.2008, is arbitrary and illegal. The fact that the petitioner stood as No.1 in the selection process conducted on 23.02.2008 is not in dispute. However, it appears that two unsuccessful candidates filed two writ petitions i.e., W.P.Nos.4215 and 5907 of 2008 and in view of the pendency of the said petitions on the file of this Court, the Corporation could not finalize the selection process. This Court, while directing the rule nisi on 29.04.2009 having taken note of the fact that there were no interim orders passed in W.P.Nos.4215 and 5907 of 2008, directed the respondent-Corporation in W.P.M.P.No.10357 of 2009 to finalize the selection process expeditiously. When the matter is taken up for consideration, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that pursuant to the interim orders passed by this Court dated 29.04.2009 a conditional letter of intent have been issued in favour of the petitioner on 04.07.2009 and accordingly the petitioner is taking steps for commencing the LPG distributorship. The said fact has not been disputed by the learned standing counsel Dr. P.B. Vijay Kumar, who is appearing for the Corporation. He also placed before this Court a copy of the letter of intent issued on 04.07.2009. Under these circumstances, no further enquiry is required in the writ petition and accordingly the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. _____________ G. ROHINI, J 23rd July, 2009 MD/GBS