2024 INSC 1041
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REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO.14689/2024 (@Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.17441/2023)
PAWAN KUMAR Appellant(s)
VERSUS
UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondent(s)
O R D E R
1. Application seeking deletion of proforma Respondent No.1 from
the array of parties is allowed at the risk of the appellant.
2. Cause title be amended accordingly.
3. Leave granted.
4. This appeal arises from the judgment and order passed by the
High Court of Himachal Pradesh at Shimla dated 6-7-2023 in CWP
No.835/2020, by which the Writ Petition filed by the Respondent
No.5 - herein (original petitioner before the High Court) came to
be allowed and thereby the allotment of dealership by Bharat
Petroleum Corporation Limited to run a petrol pump in favour of the
appellant - herein came to be cancelled.
5. The facts in brief necessary for the disposal of this appeal
may be set out thus:-
6. The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (for short, the
“BPCL”) issued an advertisement dated 25-11-2018 for
appointment/allotment of retail outlet dealerships for petrol pumps
in the State of Maharashtra.
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7. It is not in dispute that the appellant - herein made an
online application showing his willingness for being appointed/
allotted retail outlet dealership.
8. The appellan...