JUDGMENT :

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

The instant petition has been filed for grant of following substantive reliefs:-

i. That an appropriate writ order or direction may very kindly be issued and the selection of respondent No. 3 for setting up of Petrol Pump for the location “within 4 km of Kathgarh Shiv Mandir on Kathgarh Indora Road” as shown on the website of respondents No. 1 and 2 and annexed herewith the present petition as Annexure P-2 may very kindly be quashed and set aside, in the interest of law and justice.

ii. That appropriate writ order or direction may very kindly be issued, directing the respondents No. 1 and 2 to set up the Petrol Pump strictly as per the location as shown in the advertisement and further by complying all the required Guidelines of the MORTH, in the interest of law and justice.

2. The brief facts of the case as are necessary for the adjudication of the present case are that the petitioner runs retail outlet i.e. Petrol pump, in the border area of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh at village Murthal in District Pathankot. This Petrol Pump was established in the year, 2012. The respondents No. 1 and 2 advertised various locations for setting up of Petrol Pumps