IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND EIGHT PRESENT THE HON'BLE DR JUSTICE G.YETHIRAJULU WRIT PETITION NO : 22183 of 2003 Between: 1 Thirumala Bharat Gas Agency, Rep. by its Proprietor, Smt. K. Anitha W/o K. Niranjan Reddy, LPG Distributor of BPCL, R/o 12-51, Thorrur, Thorrur Mandal, Warangal District. 2 Nisha Bharat Gas Agency, Rep. by its Proprietor, Sri D. Srinivas Rao S/o D. Swamy Rao, LPG Distributor BPCL, R/o 2-6-33, T.B. Road, Hanmakonda, Warangal District. 3 Aditya Gas Agency, Rep. by its Proprietor, Smt. Sandhya Rani W/o L. Rajashekara Varma aged 27 yrs, LPG Distributor of BPCL, R/o 6- 112/21/2, Main Road, Nallabelli, Nallabelly Mandal, Warangal District. ..... PETITIONER(S) AND 1 The Union of India, Ministry of Petrolium and Natural Gas, Sastri Bhavan, New Delhi,. Rep. by its Principal Secretary 2 Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Rep. by its Director (Marketing), G9, Allyavar Jung Marg, Vandra, East Mumbai - 400 051. 3 Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rep. by it's Director (Marketing)_, 17, Jamshedji, Tate Road, Mumbai - 400 020 4 Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Rep. by its Director (Marketing), Currimvsoy Road, TB.No. 688, Ballard Estate, Mumbai. .....RESPONDENT(S) 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, or Order or Direction, more particularly one in the nature of Writ of Mandamus declaring the action of the Respondents in proposing to appoint new LPG distributors in the areas of operation of the distributorships of the petitioners for the locations at Thorrur, Warangal town and Nallabelli Mandal, Warangal District, selected and appointed in pursuance of the notification issued in the month of Aug. 2000 as arbitrary, illegal, unfair, unjust and violative of Articles 14, 19 (1) G. 21 and 300-A of the Constitution of India apart from in violation of marketing plan as well as the economic viability as set up by the Respondents. Counsel for the Petitioner:MR.P.KESAVA RAO Counsel for the Respondent : MR.P.V.SANJAY KUMAR, MR.DEEPAK BHATTACHARJEE The Court made the following: ORDER: Petitioner’s counsel represented that no cause of action survives in this writ petition. Hence, he requested to dismiss the writ petition. In view of the above representation, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No order as to costs. _________________ 19th February, 2008 SKM ..... REGISTRAR // TRUE COPY // SECTION OFFICER Copy To 1 The Principal Secretary, Union of India, Ministry of Petrolium and Natural Gas, Sastri Bhavan, New Delhi,. 2 The Director (Marketing), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., G9, Allyavar Jung Marg, Vandra, East Mumbai - 400 051. 3 The Director (Marketing), Hindusthan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., 17, Jamshedji, Tate Road, Mumbai - 400 020 4 The Director (Marketing), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., Currimvsoy Road, TB.No. 688, Ballard Estate, Mumbai. 5 2CD copies Form-NIC-OGS/WP{TML}