The petitioner bas filed the aforementioned writ application claiming, inter alia, the following reliefs :-

"(a) A Writ of Mandamus or a writ in the nature thereof commanding the respondents to act and proceed in accordance who law directing the respondent authority to allot dealership of Retail outlet at Digha in favour of the petitioner-society by giving preference to the petitioner in relation to unemployed Graduate individual person as per conditions and promises made in the Advertisement published in the Ananda Bazar Patrika on 30.10.1995 by (Marketing Division). Eastern Region, within a specified period as may be specified by this Hon'ble Court ;

(b) A Writ of Certiorari or a writ in the nature thereof requiring the respondents to certify and transmit all records of the instant case so that conscionable Justice may be rend, red by cancelling the proposal for allotment of Dealership for the establishment of Retail outlet of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. at Digha in favour of the respondent No. 6 as per the Advertisement published by the said Company in the Ananda Bazar Patrika dated 30th October, 1995."

2. The fact of the matter is not much in dispute. Pursuant to an advert