IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) TUESDAY, THE NINETH DAY OF JUNE TWO THOUSAND AND ELEVEN PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.963 of 2009 Between: Sripada Satyanarayana ..... Petitioner AND Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Mumbai & another. .....Respondents Counsel for the petitioner: None Counsel for the respondents: Sri Thoom Srinivas The Court made the following: THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY WRIT PETITION No.963 of 2009 ORDER: At the interlocutory stage, the Writ Petition is taken up for hearing and disposal. This Writ Petition is filed for a Mandamus to declare the action of the respondents in rejecting the petitioner’s candidature for Indane distributorship of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Kushaiguda, Hyderabad District under open category vide letter Ref.No.SAO/35, dated 19.12.2008 of respondent No.2, as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner sought for a consequential direction to the respondents to accept his application on par with the applications of other candidates and allow him to attend the interview. At the hearing, Sri Thoom Srinivas, learned Standing counsel representing the respondents, fairly conceded that the issue raised in this Writ Petition is squarely covered by the judgment of the learned Single Judge in Writ Petition No.3021 of 2009 and was confirmed in Writ Appeal No.8 of 2010. He further stated that the special leave petition filed by the respondents against the said two judgments was dismissed by the Supreme Court vide its order dated 01.10.2010. Under the said judgments, it was held that non-mentioning of “Indian” against the column “Nationality” in one of the proformas of the application cannot constitute a ground for rejecting the application for distributorship. Having regard to the above judgments, this Writ Petition is allowed in terms thereof. A mandamus shall therefore be issued to the respondents to receive the petitioner’s application for distributorship and process the same in accordance with law along with other valid applications. As a sequel to disposal of the Writ Petition in the manner indicated above, WPMP No.1225 of 2009 is disposed of and WVMP.No.3493 of 2010 and WPMP.No.5239 of 2010 filed for early hearing are dismissed. ____________________________ C.V.NAGARJUNA REDDY, J Date: 09.06.2011 ES