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Dated this the 5th day of August, 2021

[WP(C) Nos.9881/2020, 29361/2019, 33640/2019, 35036/2019, 35334/2019, 3549/2020, 4607/2020, 4614/2020, 8075/2020, 9008/2020, 10452/2020, 10649/2020, 10816/2020, 11085/2020, 11212/2020, 11338/2020, 11353/2020, 11424/2020, 11449/2020, 11652/2020, 11765/2020, 11862/2020, 11873/2020, 11876/2020, 11878/2020, 11879/2020, 11892/2020, 11893/2020, 11978/2020, 12093/2020, 12106/2020, 12151/2020, 12186/2020, 12253/2020, 12269/2020, 12290/2020, 12312/2020, 12319/2020, 12322/2020, 12323/2020, 12329/2020, 12357/2020, 12365/2020, 12367/2020, 12396/2020, 13235/2020, 13290/2020, 14155/2020, 14585/2020, 14848/2020, 15228/2020, 15610/2020, 15613/2020, 15710/2020, 15815/2020, 16652/2020, 16659/2020, 16853/2020, 17084/2020, 17901/2020, 18256/2020, 18463/2020, 18542/2020, 18543/2020, 20308/2020, 20324/2020, 21339/2020, 22208/2020, 25243/2020, 25290/2020, 25304/2020, 25325/2020, 25904/2020, 26591/2020, 26596/2020, 27914/2020, 28055/2020, 68/2021, 249/2021, 2749/2021, 5563/2021, 5629/2021 and 8332/2021]

These writ petitions are filed by Oil Marketing Companies and various Franchisees selected by them for starting Petroleum Fuel Retail Ou