Arup Kumar Goswami, J.

1. Heard Mr. S.S. Dey, leaned senior counsel assisted by Mr. M. Nath, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. P.J. Saikia, learned counsel appearing for the respondents. The pleaded case of the petitioner is that she is an educated lady entrepreneur and a permanent resident of village-Galdighala in the district of Nalbari and she belongs to scheduled caste community. After her marriage, she started living permanently in the marital home at the address given in the cause-title, which is No.3 Bortola, located about 6.5. K.M. away from her permanent place of residence. It is pleaded that she also has landed property covered by Periodic Patta No.62 in Dag No. 259 and a family residence at village-No.3 Bartolla, where part of her extended family stay and the petitioner also occasionally goes and stays in the said residential accommodation.

2. An advertisement was issued by the respondent Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., on 16.9.2010 (wrongly written as 16.9.2011 in the writ petition) inviting applications for appointment of distributor of Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Distributor System, in as many as 35 locations of Assam including village-No.3 Bort