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All Assam Rgglv (Lpg) Distributors Association v. the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and 2 Ors.

Gauhati HC8 May 2025WP(C)/4406/2018

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What is this about?

All Assam RGGLV (LPG) Distributors Association v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and 2 Ors. (BPCL, HPCL); Gauhati High Court; WP(C)/4406/2018; order dated 09.05.2025; Justice Manish Choudhury; writ petition closed; LPG Distributor selection notices dated 25.08.2018 (also printed as 25.05.2018) and 12.06.2018; rural LPG distributors Assam; Letter of Appointments [LoAs]; fresh causes of action; Indane Divisional Office Guwahati; Document-'X'; Document-'Y'.

What did the court decide?

No substantive relief; the writ petition was closed, and the petitioner association was left free to assail the Letter of Appointments [LoAs] in an appropriate proceedings, if so advised. ¶19

All Assam Rgglv (Lpg) Distributors Association Vs the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and 2 Ors. — Gauhati HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

No substantive relief; the writ petition was closed, and the petitioner association was left free to assail the Letter of Appointments [LoAs] in an appropriate proceedings, if so advised.

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Issue for consideration

Whether any purpose would be served by proceeding further with the writ petition assailing the notices for selection of LPG Distributors, given that distributors had been appointed in most of the advertised locations and fresh causes of action had arisen from the Letter of Appointments.

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Court's answer

As distributors had been appointed in most of the locations advertised vide the notices dated 25.05.2018 and 12.06.2018, giving rise to fresh causes of action to challenge, no purpose would be served to proceed further with the writ petition; the writ petition was accordingly closed.

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Key takeaways

It is for the petitioner association to assail the Letter of Appointments [LoAs] issued to the distributors appointed subsequent to the notices dated 25.05.2018 and 12.06.2018, in an appropriate proceedings, if so advised.obiter¶20

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Gauhati High Court, WP(C)/4406/2018 — All Assam RGGLV (LPG) Distributors Association v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. and 2 Ors. (BPCL and HPCL) — order dated 09.05.2025, Hon'ble Mr. Justice Manish Choudhury. The petitioner association had assailed the notices for selection of LPG Distributors published on 25.08.2018 and 12.06.2018 for appointment of LPG Distributors at various rural areas across Assam; notices were issued to the respondents on 13.07.2018 but no interim relief was granted. On 09.05.2025 the Court recorded that petitioner-side counsel had long been out of contact with the association's office bearers (letters sent on 02.05.2025 by registered post with A/D were duly delivered), and that, per a Communication dated 04.05.2025 of the Manager [LPG-Sales], Guwahati Indane Divisional Office, IOC, distributors had already been appointed in most advertised locations, so that the Letter of Appointments [LoAs] gave rise to fresh causes of action. Holding that no purpose would be served to proceed further, the Court closed the writ petition and observed that it is for the petitioner association to assail the LoAs in appropriate proceedings, if so advised. Documents tendered were retained in the case record as collectively Document-'X' and Document-'Y'. No statute or precedent was cited.

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GAHC010170612018

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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)

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Case No. : WP(C)/4406/2018

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ALL ASSAM RGGLV (LPG) DISTRIBUTORS ASSOCIATION HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT KATAHBARI HOUSE NO. 13 GARCHUK GUWAHATI DIST. KAMRUP (METRO) ASSAM REP. BY ITS SECRETARY SRI SHAHIDUL ISLAM AGED 36 YEARS SON OF LT. AKKASH ALI AHMED R/O KATAHBARI GUWAHATI- 781035 KAMRUP (METRO) ASSAM VERSUS THE INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD AND 2 ORS. REP. BY DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER LPG (SALES) BAMUNIMAIDAM GUWAHATI- 781021 KAMRUP (METRO) ASSAM 2:THE BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. REP. BY THE STATE HEAD (LPG) BPCL NORTH EAST 1ST FLOOR NEXIA PARK GMCH ROAD ANANDA NAGAR CHRISTIAN BASTI

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GUWAHATI - 781005 KAMRUP (METRO) ASSAM 3:HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD. REP. BY THE AREA SALES MANAGER LPG HPCL GUWAHATI DEPOT GUWAHATI IRD NEAR BALAJI MANDIR GUWAHATI-781040 KAMRUP (METRO) ASSAM

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Advocate for : MR. K N CHOUDHURY

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Advocate for : SC I O C appearing for THE INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD AND 2 ORS.

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BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE MANISH CHOUDHURY

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ORDER

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Date : 09.05.2025

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Heard Mr. T. Kashyap, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. N. Sarma, learned counsel for all the respondents.

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The petitioner association has assailed notices for selection of LPG Distributor, published on 25.08.2018 and 12.06.2018, for appointment of LPG Distributors at various rural areas across the State of Assam. Notices were issued to the respondents as far back as on 13.07.2018. However, no interim relief was granted to the petitioner at that point of time.

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Mr. Kashyap, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that the representation of the petitioner association were not in contact since a long time. Therefore, letters were sent to the office bearers of the petitioner association at their registered address on 02.05.2025 by registered post with A/D and the registered articles were duly delivered to them as per the post track consignment report obtained from the India Post website.

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Mr. Sarma, learned counsel appearing for the respondent authorities has placed a Communication dated 04.05.2025 addressed to him by the Manager [LPG-Sales], Guwahati Indane Divisional Office, IOC and has submitted the distributors in most of the locations advertised in the notices, dated 25.05.2018 and dated 12.06.2018, have already been appointed and it is those Letter of Appointments [LoAs] are to be challenged in an appropriate proceeding as issuance of those LoAs have given rise to fresh causes of action for the petitioner association, if they are so advised.

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As the learned counsel for the petitioner has fairly submitted that they are not in contact with the office bearers of the petitioner association for a long time and considering the fact that distributors have been appointed in most of the locations advertised for appointment of distributors vide notices dated 25.05.2018 and 12.06.2018 giving rise to fresh causes of action to challenge, this Court is of the considered view that no purpose would be served to proceed further with this writ petition. The writ petition is accordingly closed.

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It is for the petitioner association to assail the Letter of Appointments [LoAs] issued to the distributors appointed subsequent to the notices, dated 25.05.2018 and dated 12.06.2018, in an appropriate proceedings, if so advised.

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The documents placed by Mr. Kashyap, learned counsel for the petitioner including the Communication dated 02.05.2025 and the postal track consignment report are to be kept with the case record by marking it as collectively Document-‘X’ and the documents placed by Mr. Sarma, learned counsel for the respondent IOCL authorities are also to be kept in the case record by marking them collectively as Document-‘Y’.

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JUDGE

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