JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records of the impugned order, passed by the respondent vide his proceedings in Ref.TNSO/LPG/MDU AO/MUGAVAI, dated 26.05.2021 and quash the same as illegal.

1. This Writ Petition has been filed in the nature of Certiorarified Mandamus seeking interference with the impugned order, which actually is a show cause notice issued by the respondent/General Manager (LPGs), Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Madurai, dated 26.05.2021 to the petitioner/Mugavai Indane Gas Agency, represented by its Proprietor, K.Gurumoorthy Kamaraj, Ramanathapuram District and to quash the same.

2. The sole proprietor/petitioner gas agency had been declared and selected for LPG distributorship at Ramanathapuram District by the respondent by order, dated 08.08.2016. As part of distributorship, it was necessary that the petitioner had lands for construction of godown for storing the LPG cylinders and independently, further lands for construction of a show room, where the gas cylinders can be actually exhibited and sold to customers. The petitioner did not have either of the two lan