JUDGMENT :

M.G. Sewlikar, J.

1. Rule.

Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent of the parties, the matter is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage.

2. This is a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for quashing of the order of respondent Nos. 1 and 2 dated 30-12-2019.

3. Facts leading to this petition can be succinctly stated as under:

Respondent Indian Oil Corporation Limited published an advertisement on 25-11-2018 in the newspaper and thereby invited applications from the persons, who are interested in opening a new retail outlet/dealership of petrol pump at Dahegaon on left hand side on Aurangabad-Pune road between K.M.206 to 204. Since the petitioner, was interested, he filed online application on 17-12-2018 along with all the requisite documents. While petitioner is required to refer to marital status in appendix-XA under paragraph 14, petitioner had mentioned in the column of marital status as "single" which indicated that the petitioner was unmarried. On 12-09-2019, petitioner received an e-mail from Indian Oil Corporation calling upon the petitioner to submit the following details/documents:

1) In appendix XA marital status in para 14 is not cle