ORDER

1. The prayer in this writ petition is for quashing a Letter of Intent ('LOI') dated 7th December 2005 issued by the Respondent No. 2 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited ('HPCL') allotting a retail dealership for Delhi - 13 region in favour of Respondent No. 3. The challenge in this petition is also to the guidelines laid down on 19th August 2003 by the Government of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas for selection of Retail Outlet Dealers/Distributors of public sector oil companies including the HPCL.

2. One of the conditions for allotment of a retail outlet, either company owned or otherwise, is that the applicant should, after selection, be able to provide land for the purposes of the retail outlet. In the instant case, an advertisement was issued on 28th March 2001 by the HPCL inviting applications for dealership for retail outlet in four locations in the State of Delhi i.e. Delhi - 6, Delhi - 7, Delhi - 13, Delhi -11. At this stage, it must be noticed that according to the HPCL, Delhi - 6, Delhi-7, Delhi - 13 etc. do not refer to the postal code numbers but to certain zones into which Delhi has been divided for the purposes of allotment of petrol pumps