Hon’ble Dr. B.S. Chauhan, J.—The proceedings of the Dealer Selection Committee of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., (hereinafter referred to as the “Corporation”) taken in the meeting held on 4.11.2003 have been challenged in the present petition and a further direction has been sought that the Letter of Intent may not be issued in favour of private respondent No. 5, i.e. Shri Keshav Nath Shukla (hereinafter referred to as “Shri Shukla”) pursuant to the aforesaid selection. Other consequential reliefs have also been sought.

2. An advertisement was issued by the Corporation on 14.9.2000, for allotment of dealership of High Speed Diesel and Petrol. A perusal of the advertisement and the eligibility criteria as published by the Corporation shows that the applicant should have been a resident of the concerned District. For the said purpose, the applicants were required to produce separately a Residence Certificate issued within previous six months of the date of application duly signed by the Competent Government Authority as per the format attached. This was contained in Appendix D. In the eligibility criteria it has also been mentioned that if any statement made in the app