ORDER

Heard both sides.

2. The petitioner's father K.Veluchamy was appointed as LPG Distributor by IOCL in the year 1988. The dealership was then a proprietary concern run in the name of “Jothi Gas Agencies”. Subsequently, the proprietary concern was reconstituted as partnership. The petitioner had 49% while his father had 51% share. The petitioner's father reached the age of 90 years on 07.01.2022. He therefore wrote to the respondent for inducting the petitioner's son Vignesh Prabhu. He wanted to transfer his share in the partnership. But the process could not be completed for various reasons. Veluchamy passed away on 15.01.2024. The petitioner thereupon wrote to the respondent for reconstituting the distributorship since by virtue of the Will executed by his father on 27.09.2001, he had become the sole proprietor of “Jothi Gas Agencies”. Since the respondent did not act on the petitioner's request, this writ petition came to be filed.

3. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned standing counsel for the corporation informed the Court that the petitioner's request has been rejected. Thereupon, the writ prayer was amended challenging the rejection order.

4. The learned cou