JUDGMENT :

VIJAY BISHNOI, J.

1. Heard Ms. N. Saikia, learned counsel appearing for the appellant in WA No. 325/2023 as well as for the respondent No. 4 in WA No. 262/2023 and Mr. K. Bhuyan, learned counsel appearing for the appellant in WA No. 262/2023 as well as for the respondent No. 4 in WA No. 325/2023. Also heard Mr. P. Bharadwaj, learned counsel appearing for the respondent IOCL.

2. These two intra-Court writ appeals are preferred against the judgment dated 13.06.2023 passed by the learned Single Judge in WP (C) No. 8669/2019 and WP (C) No. 5787/2019. The above referred two writ petitions were preferred by the appellant/writ petitioner Dayal Ch. Paul before the learned Single Bench.

3. The brief facts of the cases are that on 12.06.2018, a joint advertisement was published in a newspaper, namely, “Axomiya Pratidin” for appointment of LPG Distributorship in different places within the State of Assam by 3(three) Petroleum Companies. The said advertisement was in relation to 33 locations wherein applications were invited for appointment of LPG Distributorship from the interested persons.

In the above referred writ petitions, the appellant Dayal Ch. Paul has questioned the appointment