IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present: - Hon’ble Mr. Justice Subhendu Samanta.

IN THE MATTER OF WPA 8125 of 2020 Antara Mondal Vs.

Indian Oil Corporation & Ors.

With WPA 9344 of 2021 Namita Mondal Vs.

Indian Oil Corporation & Ors.

With WPA 2124 of 2022 Gargi Mondal Vs.

Indian Oil Corporation & Ors.

For the Petitioner (IN WPA 8125 of 2020) : Mr. SN Mitra, Sr. Adv., Mr. Sudip Sarkar, Adv.

For the Petitioner (In WPA 2124 of 2022) : Mr. Prosenjit Mukherjee, Adv.

For the IOCL : Mr. Puspendu Chakraborty, Adv., For the Private Respondent No. 9 : Mr. Arka Maiti, Adv.

Ms. Ambiya Khatun Adv., Md. Nasirul Haque Adv.

Reserved on : 04.03.2025 Judgment on : 07.05.2025 Subhendu Samanta, J.

1. These three writ petitions are preferred challenging selection of respondent No. 9 namely Indumoti Rauth, by Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for LPG distributorship at location Atpukur, Minakha District North 24 Parganas, West Bengal.

2. The brief fact of the case is that Indian Oil Corporation along with two other Oil Marketing Company (OMC) namely Hindustan Petroleum Corporation of Limited had come up with an advertisement on 31.08.2017 in the newspaper “Anandabazar