JUDGMENT

Partha Sarathi Sen, J.

1. In this intra-court appeal, the order dated April 19, 2022 as passed in WPA No. 5356 of 2022 by the Hon’ble Single Bench of this Hon’ble High Court in a proceeding under the provisions of Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been assailed. By the impugned order, Hon’ble Single Bench allowed the writ petition of the writ petitioner/respondent herein and thereby set aside and quashed the letter of withdrawal of the letter of intent(LOI) dated December 8, 2021 as issued by the present appellant/ Indian Oil Corporation Limited hereinafter referred to as the ‘Oil company’. The appellant/Oil company felt aggrieved and thus preferred the instant appeal.

2. For effective disposal of instant appeal, the facts leading to filing of the aforementioned writ petition by the present respondent before the Hon’ble Single Bench is required to be discussed in a nutshell.

3. Pursuant to an advertisement as published in newspapers, the writ petitioner/the respondent herein has applied for obtaining the distributorship in the reserved category claiming inter alia; that she is a member of the other backward class(OBC) and in support of her contention, she relied upo