JUDGMENT

Dr. Arijit Pasayat, J. — Leave granted.

2. Challenge in this appeal is the order passed by a Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court dismissing the Writ Petition filed by Shiv Kant Yadav, the appellant herein.

3. Background facts in a nutshell are as follows:

Indian Oil Corporation (in short the ‘Corporation’) invited applications from desirous persons by offering advertisements through publication in newspapers to select suitable persons and grant Letter of Intent (in short ‘LOI’) to award dealership of SKO/LDO at Jaleshar, Dist. Etah. Appellant and several others applied for the same. The Selection Board scrutinized the applications on 28th and 29th November, 2003. Names of the applicants in order of preference were indicated in the panel of selected candidates, on the basis of which the Corporation proposed to award dealership. They are as follows: (i) appellant- Shiv Kant Yadav; (ii) respondent No.4- Smt. Usha Sharma and (iii) Hari Om Singh who was not impleaded in the writ petition. Usha and Hari Om Singh filed complaints inter-se between themselves against aforesaid selection contending that candidates did not disclose the correct information in their applications an