THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 8579 OF 2010 Dated 16th April, 2010 Between: Y.Viswanatha Reddy …Petitioner And Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd and Four others …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri O.Manohar Reddy Counsel for respondents 1 to 3: Sri M.Ravindranath Reddy The Court made the following ORDER: The petitioner is one of the applicants for award of dealership of retail outlet in a rural area in Ananthapur District. Respondents 4 and 5 are stated to have been included in Serial Nos.1 and 2 while the petitioner was included in Serial No.3 of the selection list. According to the petitioner, the official respondents have gone out of the way to award higher marks than respondents 4 and 5 deserve in accordance with Note 2 of Clause (3) of the Guidelines for Selection of Retail Outlet Dealers, which are stated to have been violated by respondent No.1- Corporation and its officials. When the petitioner made a representation to the Vigilance Committee, the said Committee is stated to have submitted a report finding merit in the petitioner’s grievances. The petitioner alleged that the Corporation has been deliberately dodging the issue without taking a decision on the Vigilance Committee’s report. Having regard to the above grievance of the petitioner, I deem it appropriate to direct respondent No.1 to take a decision on the appointment of retail outlet dealer at Guntakal-Bellary Road on right hand side on National Highway No.63 between km 372 to km 375 towards Karnataka border, Ananthapur District, keeping in view the purported Vigilance Committee’s report, within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. Subject to the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. As a sequel to disposal of main petition, WPMP No.11031 of 2010 filed by the petitioner for interim relief is disposed of as infructuous. C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Dated 16th April, 2010 vrn