Patna High Court
Anjeet Kumar Pandey vs The State Of Bihar And Ors on 30 July, 2025
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.15118 of 2018
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Anjeet Kumar Pandey Son of Kedar Nath Pandey resident of village - Pandey
Tola Meenapur, P.S. Meenapur, District Muzaffarpur.
... ... Petitioner/s
Versus
1. The State Of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna
2. The Principal Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of
Bihar, Patna.
3. The Engineer-in-Chief-cum-Additional Commissioner-cum-Special
Secretary, Road Construction Department, Government of Bihar, Patna
4. The District Magistrate-cum-Collector, Muzaffarpur.
5. The Chief Engineer (Ya), North Bihar Sub-Division, Road Construction
Department, Government of Bihar
6. The Executive Engineer, Road Division No. 2,Road Construction
Department, Muzaffarpur.
7. The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited through the Territory Manager
Retail, Muzaffarpur.
8. The Territory Manager Retail, Muzaffarpur, Bharat Petroleum Corporation
Limited.
9. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited through the General Manager Bihar
State Office, Patna.
10. The Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Divisional Office, Indian Oil
Corporation Limited, Muzaffarpur
11. Umesh Ram Son of Fekan Ram resident of village - Kakrachak, P.S.
Bochaha, District - Muzaffarpur, Pin - 843103.
... ... Respondent/s
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Appearance :
For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Rohit Mishra, Advocate
For the Respondent/s : Mr. Mahtab Alam, AC to SC 20
For the IOCL : Mr. Sanat Kumar Mishra, Advocate
For the BPCL : Mr. Rajiv Prakash, Advocate
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CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. G. ANUPAMA CHAKRAVARTHY
ORAL JUDGMENT
Date : 30-07-2025
1. The petitioner has filed the instant
application for the following reliefs:
"i) For issuance of writ of
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certiorari, quashing the letter no. Pra-
11/Petrol Pump-17-40/2017 dated
05.07.2018
issued under the signature of
Chief Engineer (Ya) (Respondent No.5),
whereby and where under the
respondent no.5 has cancelled the No
Objection Certificate granted for
establishing a BPCL outlet at Mauza Turki
Khararo, Meenapur Belshand, Path, (vide
Letter No. 500 (Anu.) dated 16.02.2018).
(ii) For directing the
concerned respondents to proceed with
the allotment process of retail outlet at
the location of Turki Khararo in favour of
the petitioner, on the basis of the No
Objection Certificate granted by the
(Anu.) dated 16.02.2018.
(iii) For taking all necessary
steps for allotment of retail outlet at the
said location in favour of the petitioner,
as the petitioner has qualified for the
same and fulfills all requisite conditions
for the same.
(iv) For issuance of any other
appropriate writ/writs, order/orders,
direction/directions, for which the
petitioner shall be found entitled under
the facts and circumstances of the case
stated hereinafter."
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2. At the very outset, Learned counsel
for the petitioner contended that since this matter
is squarely covered under the order passed by a
Co-ordinate Bench of this Court in C.W.J.C. No.
12190 of 2016 (Smt. Kritika Vs. The State of
Bihar & Ors) and other analogous matters,
this writ petition may also be disposed of on the
same terms and conditions.
3. In Smt. Kritika (supra) this Court
has held as follows:
"Accordingly, all the writ
applications are disposed of with a
direction to the respondent authorities to
decide each case applying the condition
prevalent at the time of issuance of N.I.T.
by respective Oil Companies within a
period of six weeks from the date of
receipt/production of a copy of this order.
With the aforementioned
observation and direction, all these writ
applications are disposed of."
4. Having regard to the submissions
made by the parties, the present writ petition
stands disposed of in terms of the aforesaid
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judgment passed in Smt. Kritika (supra).
5. Interlocutory Application, if any, shall
stands disposed of.
(G. Anupama Chakravarthy, J)
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