contractors or adhoc dealers and the existing temporary COCO retail outlets were to be phased out within a time frame preferably within a year. It was also provided in the notification that the temporary COCOs which were to be phased out, may be first offered and handed over subject to suitability, to the pending Letter of Intent holders under various schemes including Special Scheme (Operation Vijay Kargil) allottees, Discretionary Quota Scheme, Corpus Fund Scheme. On 12.4.2007, the petitioner made a representation to respondent No.2 requesting that as per the policy, the COCO is to be given to him being the landowner or to his nominee. In the said representation, the petitioner mentioned that in case the dealership is not given to him or his nominee, then the rate of rent of the land be increased to Rs.30,000/- per month. After coming into force of notification dated 6.9.2006, the respondent-Oil Company asked the petitioner to hand over the possession of the said retail outlet to it. On refusal by the petitioner, respondent No.2 terminated his contract and vide letter dated 3.5.2007 appointed one M/s Chauhan Traders as ad hoc dealer to operate the retail outlet in question. Respondent No.2 vide letter dated 25.3.2008 also terminated the ad hoc dealership of M/s Chauhan Traders and asked him to hand over the possession of the retail outlet on 24.4.2008. Thereafter, in the month of April/May, 2008, respondent No.2 in terms of notification dated 6.9.2006 under the Scheduled Castes Quota, gave the dealership to respondent No.3. Hence, the present writ petition.
