(Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)

Feeling aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 28th January 2010 passed by the learned single Judge in above CWJC No. 13196 of 2009, the respondent M/s Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.(hereinafter referred to as ‘the Corporation’) has preferred this Appeal under Clause 10 of the Letters Patent.

2. The matter at dispute is the LPG distributorship advertised by the Corporation on 19th January 2009. On 19th January 2009 the Corporation published a public notice declaring its intention to appoint LPG distributors at various locations specified therein, one of them being at Begusari.

3. The petitioner, one Raj Kumar Jha applied for grant of LPG distributorship at Begusarai. The application made by the writ petitioner was not in conformation with the terms stated in the public notice. His application was, therefore, not considered along with the other applications. Feeling aggrieved, the writ petitioner filed above CWJC No. 13196 of 2009 to challenge the action of the Corporation in rejecting his application at the outset.

4. Petition was contested by the Corporation. According to the Corporation the public notice required filing of an affidavit in ‘f