Smt Reeta Pal v. Indian Oil Corporation Ltd and Another

Court No. - 40 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 27362 of 2023 Petitioner :- Smt Reeta Pal Respondent :- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd And Another Counsel for Petitioner :- Lal Mani Singh,Praveen Kumar Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Shrey Sharma Hon'ble Mahesh Chandra Tripathi,J. Hon'ble Prashant Kumar,J.

¶1Heard Shri Lal Mani Singh, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Shrey Sharma, learned counsel for Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (in short "the Corporation").

¶2Present writ petition has been preferred for following reliefs:- "(I) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to issue letter of intent in favour of the petitioner in respect of award to Retail Outlet Dealership at Village Devipur Block Maitha, Tehsil Maitha, Distt. Kanpur Dehat.

(II) To issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondent no.2 to decide the representation dated 23.09.2022 of the petitioner."

¶3On the matter being taken up today, learned counsel for the Corporation has produced the order dated 23.8.2023 by which the claim of the petitioner has already been turned down. It is contended that the said order was duly served upon the petitioner. As such it is contended that the reliefs claimed in the writ petition no more survive.

¶4In view of above, the writ petition is dismissed as having become infructuous. A copy of the order dated 23.8.2023 has been given to learned counsel for the petitioner. Needless to say, the petitioner would be at liberty to invoke the remedy as available in law. Order Date :- 13.10.2023 SP/ High Court of Judicature at Allahabad