JUDGMENT :

1. Leave granted. The challenge herein is against the order dated 13th October, 2014 passed by the High Court of Allahabad by which the writ petition filed by the Respondent herein has been allowed and the order dated 23rd March, 2013 passed by the Appellant No. 2 rejecting the application of the Respondent for grant of L.P.G. Distributorship at Meerut under the open category was set aside. Consequential directions were also issued by the High Court to consider the application of the Respondent-writ Petitioner for grant of distributorship in accordance with the findings and observations recorded in the order of the High Court.

2. The application of the Respondent-writ Petitioner for grant of distributorship was rejected on the round that the Respondent did not have minimum liquid funds of Rs. 15 lakhs as on the date of the application. This was notwithstanding the fact that the Respondent-writ Petitioner had shown a total of Rs. 40,14,534.00/- as available with him against column No. 11 of the application form. Out of the said amount while an amount of Rs. 2,08,328.00/- was shown to be available in the bank account of the Respondent himself another amount of Rs. 54,026.00/