IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE SEVENTH DAY OF OCTOBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA WRIT PETITION No.21397 of 2009 Between: Donapati Neeraja ..... PETITIONER AND Union of India rep.by its Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi and others. .....RESPONDENTS ORDER: It is the case of the petitioner that in pursuance of the notification published by the first respondent in the newspapers on 08.06.2009 for establishment of retail outlets in various places in the State of Andhra Pradesh, he applied for the retail outlet dealership of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Karimnagar Town to Manukondur Raod on State Highway No.7. His grievance is that even though his land is suitable for awarding petroleum dealership and he is more qualified than the sixth respondent, who also applied for the said dealership, he is placed at No.2 and the sixth respondent is placed at No.1 position, for extraneous considerations. Hence, this writ petition. The learned Standing Counsel appearing for the respondent- Corporation submits that in the guidelines issued for selection of retail outlet dealers, grievance/complaint redressal system is provided, according to which, an aggrieved person can lodge a complaint within 30 days from the date of publication of result of the interview, and therefore, the petitioner can make a representation to the grievance cell, and till such time, the respondent-Corporation will not finalise the selection or issue selection order to the alleged selected candidate. In the circumstances, the petitioner is directed to make a complaint to the grievance cell of the respondent-Corporation and the grievance redressal cell is directed to consider the complaint of the petitioner, after issuing notice to the sixth respondent, and pass appropriate orders. Till such time, the respondent-Corporation is directed not to issue any appointment order to the sixth respondent. With the above directions, the writ petition is disposed of. ___________________ N.V. RAMANA, J. Date:07.10.2009 VGB/KSR