IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.3878 of 2011 GUNJESH CHOUDHARY, SON OF SRI SATYA NARAIN CHOUDHARY, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE-LADANIA, POLICE STATION-LADANIA, DISTRICT-MADHUBANI. …… PETITIONER . VERSUS 1. THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS THROUGH ITS SECRETARY, SHASHTRI BHAWAN, NEW DELHI-110007. 2. THE GENERAL MANAGER-CUM- MANAGING DIRECTOR, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED, BIHAR STATE OFFICE, SHASHI BHAWAN, EXHIBITION ROAD, PATNA-1. 3. THE AREA MANAGER, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED (M.D.0, INDANE AREA OFFICE, BEGUSARAI, P.O.- BARAUNI ( OIL REFINERY) DISTRICT-BEGUSARAI, BIHAR, PATNA. ……RESPONDENTS. ----------- For the petitioner : Mr. Purushottam Jha, Advocate. For the respondents(I.O.C) : Mr. Kali Das Chatterji, Senior Advocate With Mr. Amlesh Kumar Verma, Advocate. -------- 02/ 27.04.2011 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents. 2. This petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging letter dated 01.12.2010 (Annexure-4) issued by the Area Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Begusarai (respondent no.3) by which the candidature of the petitioner for awarding Rajiv Gandhi LPG Vitrak (RGGLV) at Ladania in the district of Madhubani had been cancelled. 3. From the facts and circumstances of the case as well as the materials produced by the parties, it is quite apparent that advertisement was issued for award of Rajiv Gandhi L.P.G. Vitarak for several places, including village- Ladania in the district of Madhubani, in response to which the petitioner applied, but his - 2 - claim had been finally rejected by the authorities vide order dated 01.12.2010 (Annexure-4) as during field verification it was found that the land offered for construction of LPG Godown and showroom was not in the advertised location. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the land offered by him was within the Anchal/Block of Ladania and hence he was fully entitled to the said place, but his candidature has been wrongly rejected. However, from the advertisement it is quite apparent that the place in which the land was required was village ‘Ladania’ and not Block or Anchal ‘Ladania’. In any Block or Anchal there are several villages and so is the case with Ladania Block which contained several villages, including village Ladania. Hence, requirement was for village-Ladania and not for any other village in the Block. Admittedly, the land of the petitioner was not situated in the village-Ladania as required in the advertisement. 5. Hence, the authorities were quite justified in passing the impugned order cancelling his candidature as the land offered by the petitioner for construction of LPG Godown and Showroom was not in the advertised location of village-Ladania. Accordingly, this writ petition is dismissed. Sunil (S. N. Hussain, J.)