JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the respondent in its Ref.No.TRAO/RGGLV/01, dated, 14.03.2017 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent to consider and grant the petitioner LPG Dealership in Avalurpet Village, Villupuram District.

1. The case of the petitioner is that he is a post graduate hails from the Village called Avalurpet. His family owns large extent of properties in the said Village. The petitioner's father was working as a Teacher in the Government School and he died while in service in the year 1995. According to the petitioner, he and his two brothers and mother constitute the joint family after the demise of their father.

2. In December 2011, the respondent called for applications from persons interested in LPG Distribution. The notification was issued in pursuance of a scheme called Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitrak (RGGLV). The object behind the scheme was to select suitable distributors for LPG connections in rural areas and in terms of the scheme an applicant should have passed 10th standard and must have attained the