1. Invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of the High Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ petitioner has preferred the present writ petition praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus or any other writ or direction or order in the nature of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus against the respondent, namely Indian Oil Corporation Limited. The writ petitioner has prayed that the records of the respondent in CBDO/R/Palayampudur dated 19.01.2007 be called for and quashed and has also prayed for a further direction to the respondent to offer the dealership in respect of the IOCL retail outlet at Palayampudur. The writ petition has been filed in the name of Sri Ram Trailer Services (Unit II), a partnership firm represented by its partner C.Shanmugam.

2. The following are the averments made in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition:-

i) At the end of 2002, the officials of the respondent in the Coimbatore Region met the deponent C.Shanmugam and explained that they were contemplating appointing dealers for the retail outlets of their product and that such appointment would depend upon his leasing out the land required for putt