1. Challenge in this petition is to the communication dated 12-5-2012 issued by the respondent No.2, whereby the application of the petitioner for award of LPG Distributorship at Sariya, District Raigarh under CC category, advertised on 1-11-2011, was rejected. The petitioner further seeks a direction to the respondent authorities to award the LPG Distributionship for the aforestated place, to the petitioner.

2. Shri Kotecha, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has fulfilled all the basic requirement and is eligible for allotment of the distributionship. The ground on which his application has been rejected, is not proper as the offences indicated in the impugned communication are not of moral turpitude or economic offences. Thus, his candidature could not have been rejected without holding that the offences for which the petitioner was convicted, were of moral turpitude or were of the nature of economic offences. Shri Kotecha further submits that more than seven years have elapsed, and thus, his past conduct should not be taken into consideration while awarding distributionship. In support of his contention, Shri Kotecha relies on a decisi