Date on which judgment was reserved : 29.01.2026 Date on which judgment was pronounced : 12.03.2026 Date on which judgment was uuploaded on the website of the High Court : 12.03.2026 APHC010498342025 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH AT AMARAVATI [3327]

(Special Original Jurisdiction)

THURSDAY,THE TWELFTH DAY OF MARCH TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY SIX PRESENT THE HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE K SREENIVASA REDDY WRIT PETITION NO: 25423/2025 Between:

1. YARLAGADDA ABBULU,, S/O. Y. PATTABHI, AGED ABOUT

34 YEARS, R/O. D.NO.9-124, RAYAVARAM HABITAT, VEDURUPAKA VILLAGE, RAYAVARAM MANDAL, EAST GODAVARI DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH - 533346.

...PETITIONER AND

1. UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY ITS SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS SHASTRI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI.

2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND THE STATE HEAD, TELANGANA AND ANDHRA PRADESH STATE OFFICE, MOOSAPET, HYDERABAD, TELANGANA.

3. THE HEAD OF DIVISIONAL OFFICE, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED, LIE BUILDING, 8TH FLOOR, NEAR RTC COMPLEX, VISAKAHAPATNAM.

...RESPONDENT(S):

Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying that in the circumstances stated in the affidavit filed therewith, the High Court may be pleased t