( 1 ) IN this writ petition the petitioner has prayed for a declaration that Clause 27 (n) of the agreement regarding the distributorship of Liquified Petrolium Gas entered into between him and the respondent - Indian Oil corporation, as void as offending Article 14 of the Constitutiomof India and for the issue of consequential orders quashing the order by which the said distributorship agreement between the petitioner and the respondent- corporation was terminated.

( 2 ) THE facts of the case, in brief, are as follow: The petitioner was appointed as a distributor of Liquified Petrolium Gas (LPG for short) for Hebbal and Yelahanka area in the City of Bangalore, on 10-2-1984. An agreement was executed between the petitioner and the respondent - Indian Oil corporation ('the Corporation' for short) on 5-3-1984 in which the terms and conditions under which the petitioner was appointed as a Distributor for the LPG were set out. On 29-7-1987 the officers of the Corporation carried out a surprise inspection of the premises of the petitioner in which he was carrying on his business. Thereafter, by communication dated 11-8-1987 the distributorship agreement between the peti