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2026 Supreme(Online)(AP) 16817

HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
Dhiraj Singh Thakur, CJ, Challa Gunaranjan, J
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Hyderabad – Appellant
Versus
Durga Pujari Suri Babu, Visakhapatnam Dist. – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SAI SANJAY SURANENI, T BALA MOHAN REDDY, D.PRUDHVI TEJA
For the Respondents: CHAKRADHARA RAJA Y, M.S.PRASAD

Table of Content
1. summary of procedural history and factual background regarding distributorship termination. (Para 1 , 2)
2. parties' contentions regarding breach of terms and policy guidelines. (Para 3 , 4 , 5)
3. court evaluation of undisputed facts and current status of the dealership. (Para 6 , 7 , 8 , 9)
4. interpretation of 'prior permission' clauses and mandatory opportunity to remedy breaches. (Para 10 , 11 , 12 , 13)
5. directions for restoration and procedural disposal of the appeal. (Para 14 , 15)

JUDGMENT: (per Hon’ble Sri Justice Challa Gunaranjan)

Present intra-court appeal under Section 15 of Letters Patent assails order dated 14.07.2014 passed by learned Single Judge in W.P. No.20858 of 2009, by which the prayer in the writ petition came to be allowed.

2. Brief facts in filing the appeal are stated as follows:

(a) The respondent writ petitioner came to be appointed as a Distributor for Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) at Anakapalle, Visakhapatnam District, by virtue of the Distributor Agreement (herein after, for short ‘DA’), dated 30.01.1985. The selection and appointment of LPG dealership was under the category of social objective category (SOC) meant to accommod

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