( 1 ) IN this application the petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for issuance of a writ of or in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to show cause as to why the petitioner should not be awarded retail out let dealership at Santipur adjacent to the National Highway 34 in the District of Nadia.

( 2 ) THE fact of the matter is as follows: pursuant to the advertisement issued by the respondent No. 1 on 26-12-1985 inviting application from the intending persons for being appointed as dealer under 'c' Category at Santipur in the District of Nadia, the petitioner along with others submitted an application for the dealership. The petitioner was asked to appear before the Oil Selection Board for interview by the respondent No. 1 in terms of letters dated 13/04/1988 and 1/05/1988 which he complied with. However, the name of the petitioner was not empanelled by the Board of the said dealership. The petitioner filed a representation before the Chairman of the respondent no. 1. The petitioner has contended that initially his name was empanelled but for some reasons the same had been struck off. The petitioner has further contended that on the advice of the Sales Of