Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 20-Apr-2026 17:51:42 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.9200 of 2015 (In the matter of an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950).

Prasanta Behera …. Petitioner(s)

-versus-

Union of India and Ors. …. Opposite Party (s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. G.R. Mohapatra, Adv. For Opposite Party (s) : Mr. B.S. Rayaguru, Sr. Panel Counsel (for O.P.1)

Mr. S.D. Das, Sr.Adv.

Along with associate (for O.P.3) CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATE OF HEARING:-09.04.2026 DATE OF JUDGMENT:-17.04.2026 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. In this Writ Petition, the petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to quash the order of termination dated 04.05.2015 passed by the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited terminating the petitioner’s retail outlet dealership, and to restrain the Corporation from continuing to operate the outlet on the basis of the lease executed by the petitioner’s mother in favour of the Corporation.

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT,

CUTTACK Date: 20-Apr-2026 17:51:42 I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

(i) The petition