JUDGMENT :

Both the writ petitions – W.P.[C] no. 7124/2018 & W.P.[C] no. 6813/2018, preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, are relatable to an Advertisement dated 25.05.2018 published jointly by 3 [three] public sector Oil Marketing Companies [OMCs] viz. [i] Indian Oil Corporation Limited [IOCL]; [ii] Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited [BPCL]; and [iii] Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited. By the Advertisement, applications were invited from candidates for Liquefied Petroleum Gas [LPG] Distributorships in respect of 93 nos. of locations across the State of Assam. Amongst those locations, serial no. 17 was in respect of a location at Village – Chalang Pathar, Gaon Panchayat – Doyang, Block – Gomariguri, District – Golaghat and serial no. 32 was in respect of a location at Village – Gomariguri, Gaon Panchayat – Arunachal, Block – Gomariguri, District – Golaghat. The type of LPG Distributorships in respect of both the locations was Gramin Vitrak and both the locations had been reserved for the candidates belonging to the open category.

2. The petitioner in the writ petition, W.P.[C] no. 7124/2018 is an applicant for LPG distributorship for the location at Chalan