IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR.S.R.BANNURMATH & THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE KURIAN JOSEPH WEDNESDAY, THE 29TH JULY 2009 / 7TH SRAVANA 1931 WA.No. 1972 of 2008() --------------------- AGAINST THE JUDGEMENT/ORDER IN WPC.7220/2008 Dated 22/05/2008 .................... APPELLANT(S): -------------- SHANMUGHA SUNDARAM ,KRISHNAPRIYA ALTHARAMOODU P.O.,ALAMCODE TRIVANDRUM 695 102. BY ADV. SRI.B.KRISHNA MANI RESPONDENT(S): --------------- THE CHIEF AREA MANAGER, INDANE AREA OFFICE ,INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD PANAMPILLY AVENUE, PANAMPILLY NAGAR P.O. KOCHI. SRI.E.K.NANDAKUMAR, S.C. THIS WRIT APPEAL HAVING COME UP FOR ADMISSION ON 29/07/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: S.R.BANNURMATH, C.J. & KURIAN JOSEPH, J. ---------------------------------------------- W.A. No.1972 of 2008 ---------------------------------------------- Dated 29th July, 2009. J U D G M E N T S.R.Bannurmath, C.J. Aggrieved by Ext.P4 letter issued by the respondent refusing to entertain the application of the petitioner for L.P.G. distributorship, the petitioner approached this court in the writ petition, W.P.(C) No.7220/2008. The learned Single Judge on considering the matter found that the appellant/ petitioner has not complied with the requirement of submitting the application in time, and dismissed the writ petition. It was vehemently contended before us that though the appellant went to the office of the respondent to submit his application on 31.1.2008 which is the last date for submitting the application, well in time, he was prevented by the security people and as such, could not file his application, and as he had no other way to submit the application, he sent the application by post on 31.1.2008, which reached the office on the next day. On a perusal of Ext.P1 notification, it is clear that the requirement was that the application should reach the office, before the closure of the office on 31.1.2008. The very fact that the application has WA NO.1972/08 2 reached the office on the next day, i.e., 1.2.2008 itself would indicate that the requirement is not complied with. Whatever may be the reasons for the appellant to take last minute efforts, he had almost more than one month period after the notification to take steps. If he was genuinely interested in getting the distributorship, he would have seen to that the application reaches the office on or before 31.1.2008. Admittedly the petitioner's application did not reach the office on 31.1.2008; it reached only subsequently. It is the appellant himself who is to be blamed for his last minute efforts in spite of having sufficient time to submit his application. Therefore, we find that there is no error on the part of the learned Single Judge in rejecting the writ petition. We find no merit in the Writ Appeal. The Writ Appeal is accordingly dismissed. S.R.BANNURMATH, Chief Justice. KURIAN JOSEPH, Judge. tgs S.R.BANNURMATH, C. J. & KURIAN JOSEPH, J. ---------------------------------------------- W.A. No.1972 of 2008 ---------------------------------------------- J U D G M E N T Dated 29th July, 2009.