JUDGMENT :

RAJEEV RANJAN PRASAD, J.

1. Petitioner in the present case has moved this court in it’s extraordinary writ jurisdiction for the following reliefs:

“(i) To quash the order contained in letter vide Ref. LPG. ER. PATN-6 OM SAI BHARAT GAS dated 27.10.2018 issued by Respondent No. 2, by which Bharat Gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Distributorship (Domestic and Commercial) Agreement dated 15.03.2013, entered between the Petitioner and the Respondent Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. has been terminated.

(ii) To direct the Respondent to reinstate the LPG Distributorship of the Petitioner which is running in the name and style of M/s Om Sai Bharat Gas, Opposite Bata Factory, Gandhi Road, Bataganj, Digha, District-Patna and to make the said distributorship operational.”

Case of the petitioner

2. Petitioner was appointed as a Bharat Gas Distributor by respondent Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BPCL’ or respondent no. 1) for sale of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in cylinders for household consumers and commercial consumers in the territory or Distr