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Prakash Kumar v. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited

Patna HC14 Jul 2025CWJC/10200/2025

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Prakash Kumar v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. & others (incl. Respondent No. 7 Manish Kumar), CWJC No. 10200 of 2025, High Court of Judicature at Patna, decided 14-07-2025 by A. Abhishek Reddy, J. Locus standi/maintainability: writ petitioner alleging only a general apprehension of environmental pollution and safety risk from a petrol pump commissioned after issuance of a Letter of Intent (LOI) held to be neither applicant nor personally aggrieved; petition espousing a public cause not entertained; disposed of with liberty to file a Public Interest Litigation. Keywords: LOI, petrol pump, environmental pollution, personal grievance, PIL, writ petition disposed of.

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Liberty to the petitioner to file a Public Interest Litigation, if he is so advised. ¶16

Prakash Kumar Vs The Indian Oil Corporation Limited — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10200 of 2025

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Prakash Kumar S/o Shri Shiv Mangal Singh, R/o-At and P.O.-Anchha, P.S.Daudnagar, District-Aurangabad

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... Petitioner

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The Indian Oil Corporation Limited through its Regional Officer, Maurya Lok, Patna.

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The Regional Officer, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Maurya Lok, Patna.

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The State of Bihar through District Magistrate, Aurangabad.

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The Executive Engineer, Road Construction Department, Aurangabad Division No.-1, Aurangabad.

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The Circle Officer, Daudnagar, Aurangabad. 6. The Chairman, Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Bihar, Patna.

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Manish Kumar, son of Shri Madheshwar Singh, resident of Purani Sahar, Jatholi, Ward No.-5, Daudnagar, P.S.-Daudnagar, District-Aurangabad.

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... Respondents

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====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner : Mr.Rajeev Kumar Singh, Adv. For the Respondents : Mr.Ankit Katriyar, Adv. ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE A. ABHISHEK REDDY ORAL ORDER

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2 14-07-2025 Having regard to the fact that the petitioner is neither an applicant nor can be said to be aggrieved by the issuance of the Letter of Intent (LOI) in favour of the Respondent No. 7 herein and except expressing his apprehension that the commissioning of the petrol pump by the Respondent No. 7 will cause environmental pollution and likely to affect the safety of the people living in and around the proposed petrol pump, this Court is not inclined to entertain the present CWJC. As seen from the averments, the petitioner is espousing a public cause

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Patna High Court CWJC No.10200 of 2025(2) dt.14-07-2025 2/2

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and it cannot be said that he is personally aggrieved. The present Writ Petition is disposed of granting liberty to the petitioner to file a Public Interest Litigation, if he is so advised.

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With the above directions, the Writ Petition stands

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disposed of.

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(A. Abhishek Reddy , J)

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Shamshad/-

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Prakash Kumar v. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited

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