ORDER :

Ravi Cheemalapati, J.

The case of the petitioner is that, she is the dealer of the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and running a petrol bunk in the name and style of M/s Vishnu Padmavathi Reliable Agencies at Tirupati. The IBP Company subsequently merged with IOCL and the petitioner had entered into dealership agreement on 14.04.2003 for a period of 15 years. As per the said agreement, the petitioner is authorized to sell petrol and diesel, as its retail dealer, in a land to an extent of 836.36 Sq.Yards in Sy.No.494/3 and 496/1. She is supposed to pay the royalty as determined in the agreement and the agreement is renewable for successive periods of 5 years.

2. The further case of the petitioner is that, she has been running the said retail outlet by renewing dealership from time to time and that the said retail outlet is her primary livelihood supporting 25 employees who are dependent on her. It was her further case that, she holds B-Form License issued under Clause 3(3) of the A.P.Petroleum Products (Licensing and regulation of supplies) order, 1980 and NOC issued under Petroleum Rules, 2002 and by virtue of G.O.Ms.No.17 dated 21.11.2016, the B-form License issued to her is valid for life time.

3. It is her further case that, respondent nos.5 & 6 herein filed a complaint/representation before the Joint Collector seeking cancellation of the said B-Form license and NOC issued to the petitioner on the alleged ground that they are the land owners of the subject land (where the petrol bunk is situated) and they have leased it to the 7^th respondent herein (petitioner's father-in-law) on 05.12.2002 for a period of 16 years which expired on 04-12-2018 and that there is no further extension of lease. The further allegation of the respondent nos.5 & 6 herein in the said complaint/representation is that, since the lease between them and the 7^th respondent has allegedly expired, the lease agreement between the IOCL and the 7^th respondent is invalid.

4. It is the further case of the petitioner that, there are civil disputes pending between the respondent nos.5 & 6 herein and the IOCL. IOCL has filed a suit vide O.S.No.542 of 2018 and O.S.No.919 of 2019 against the respondent nos.5 & 6 herein and pursuant to the orders dated 09.04.2025 in I.A.No.161 of 2023 in O.S.No.542 of 2018, the IOCL is depositing rents in the court of learned V Addl. Civil Judge (Junior Division), Tirupati. The petitioner also filed suit vide O.S.No.48 of 2018 against the 7^th respondent herein.

5. When the petitioner's B-Form License and NOC in respect of the subject petrol bunk was sought to be cancelled in violation of law, at the instance of respondent nos.5 & 6 herein, she filed W.P.No.1635 of 2019 challenging the show cause notice issued by the District Supply Officer, which was disposed of by this court on 17.07.2025 directing the Joint Collector to issue fresh notice to the petitioner and afford an opportunity of being heard to the petitioner. Inspite of submitting counter and written explanations, the Joint Collector (2^nd respondent herein) has cancelled the B-Form License and NOC of the petitioner in respect of the subject petrol bunk on 07.03.2026. The District Supply Officer has served the copy of the said order on 11.03.2026 on the petitioner's counsel who was appearing before the Joint collector, as the contempt case against the present Joint collector is listed on13.03.2026.

6. Challenging the orders issued by the 2^nd respondent vide D.Dis.(D1)/191/2018 dated 07.03.2026 (served on 11.03.2026) whereby the petitioner's B-Form License and NOC in respect of the subject petrol bunk is cancelled, the present writ petition is filed.

7. Heard Sri A.Prabhakar Sarma, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri O.Manohar Reddy, learned Senior counsel appearing for respondent nos.5 and 6 and Sri Sai Sanjay Suraneni, learned standing counsel for IOCL.

8. Learned counsel for the petitioner in elaboration to what has been stated in the affidavit contended that, the