JUDGMENT :

Bivas Pattanayak, J.

1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for directing the respondents-Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘IOCL’) for commissioning of LPG Distributorship at the advertised location at Shyambazar, under Shyambazar Gram Panchayat, P.S.- Goghat, District-Hooghly pursuant to advertisement of vacancy declaration dated 31st August, 2017.

2. The brief fact of the case is as follows:

(i) On 31st August, 2017, the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL) and Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) jointly published advertisement in the Bengali newspaper Ananda Bazar Patrika for appointment of LPG Distributorship in different places of West Bengal.

(ii) One vacancy for appointment of Gramin LPG Distributor at Shyambazar, under Shyambazar Gram Panchayat, Block- Goghat-II, District-Hooghly reserved under the category OBC(W) at serial no.75 of the advertisement was declared by the respondents-IOCL authority.

(iii) The petitioner having all the eligibility criteria including land for construction of showroom and godown applied for appointment of LPG