{"id":166760,"date":"2006-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-06-26T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-alexander-vs-senior-divisional-retail-sales-on-27-june-2006"},"modified":"2017-12-14T08:44:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T03:14:05","slug":"r-alexander-vs-senior-divisional-retail-sales-on-27-june-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/r-alexander-vs-senior-divisional-retail-sales-on-27-june-2006","title":{"rendered":"R.Alexander vs Senior Divisional Retail Sales on 27 June, 2006"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Madras High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">R.Alexander vs Senior Divisional Retail Sales on 27 June, 2006<\/div>\n<pre>       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT\n\n\nDATED: 27\/06\/2006\n\n\nCORAM:\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.MOHAN RAM\n\n\nW.P.(MD).No.453 of 2006\nand\nW.P.M.P.(MD).NO.533 of 2006\n\n\nR.Alexander\t\t\t... \tPetitioner\n\n\nVersus\n\n\n1.Senior Divisional Retail Sales\nManager, Indian Oil Corporation,\nNo.2, Race Cource Road,\nChokkikulam,\nMadurai 2\n\n2.Raja Singh\t\t\t... \tRespondents\n \t\n\n\n\tWrit Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India\npraying for issuance of a writ of Mandamus forbearing the respondents from\nopening or operating any retail outlet for sale of petrol and diesel supplied by\nthe 1st respondent, Indian Oil corporation, on the land about 51 cents in extent\ncomprised in Re.Sy.No.481\/4A\/1A in Kappiara Village, Kalkulam Taluk, Kanyakumari\nDistrict.\n\n\n!For Petitioner \t...\tMs.J.Anandhavalli\n\n\n^For respondents \t...\tMr.A.Elango\n\t\t\t  \tfor Mr.Pon Muthuramalingam,ASGI\n\t\t\t  \t(for R1)\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t  \tMr.G.Justin\n\t\t\t  \t(For R2)\n\n:ORDER\n<\/pre>\n<p>\tBy consent, the Writ Petition itself is taken up for final disposal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t2.\tIt is the case of the petitioner that he is having dealership for<br \/>\nretail sale of petrol and diesel from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation.  The<br \/>\nsecond respondent has been granted dealership by the first respondent and<br \/>\naccording to the petitioner, the second respondent&#8217;s outlet is situated on<br \/>\nKarungal-Marthandam Road within 2 kms from the petitioner&#8217;s outlet.  According<br \/>\nto the petitioner, earlier there was a proposal to grant dealership to one<br \/>\nMr.Christopher who was the owner of the plot and the first respondent got a<br \/>\nlease deed in respect of 51 cents in S.No.481\/4A\/1A from the said Christopher on<br \/>\n10.12.03 and the dealership was granted to the said Christopher after obtaining<br \/>\nproper `no objection certificate&#8217; from the State Government.  According to the<br \/>\npetitioner, due to some objections raised the first respondent cancelled the<br \/>\ndealership granted to the said Christopher.  While so, the first respondent on<br \/>\n8.7.2005  published in news papers inviting offers for sale of lands suitable<br \/>\nfor installing petrol and diesel pumps for retail sale of petrol and diesel and<br \/>\none of the places mentioned is Karungal which according to the petitioner lies<br \/>\nwithin two kms from the petitioner&#8217;s outlet.  According to the petitioner, the<br \/>\nfirst respondent has granted dealership to the second respondent who is none<br \/>\nother than the brother-in-law of  the said Christopher.  The grievance of the<br \/>\npetitioner is that the outlet of the second respondent lies within two kms from<br \/>\nthe outlet of the petitioner which is against the circulars issued by the first<br \/>\nrespondent.  Once the dealership granted to Christopher in respect of the same<br \/>\nlocation was cancelled, based on the same &#8216;no objection certificate&#8217; dealership<br \/>\nshould not have been granted to the second respondent by the first respondent.<br \/>\nOn the said contentions, the writ petition is filed seeking for the issue of a<br \/>\nwrit of Mandamus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t3.\tA detailed counter affidavit has been filed by the first respondent.<br \/>\nIn the counter affidavit, it is stated that Mr.Christopher has transferred his<br \/>\nproperty in favour of his wife Mrs.Jothi Malliga on 8.6.2005 through a<br \/>\nregistered settlement deed vide document No.78\/2005 and a land lease agreement<br \/>\nwas also entered into for a period of 30 years from 12.12.2005 between Jothi<br \/>\nMalliga and the first respondent.  It is also stated in the counter affidavit<br \/>\nthat Jothi Malliga has nominated her brother Mr.Raja Singh for the award of<br \/>\nretail outlet dealership in line with the policy of the first respondent<br \/>\nCorporation.  According to the first respondent, the &#8216;no objection certificate&#8217;<br \/>\nwas given in the name of the Corporation and the same was granted during January<br \/>\n2004 and the question of &#8216;no objection certificate&#8217; becoming invalid due to the<br \/>\nchange in the title holder does not arise.  Regarding the objections raised by<br \/>\nthe petitioner relating to the location of the outlet within 2 kms from the<br \/>\npetitioner&#8217;s outlet, it is stated that the retail outlets are developed based on<br \/>\nthe commercial viability and there is no violation of any rules.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t4.\tThe 2nd respondent has filed a separate counter affidavit.  In the<br \/>\nsaid counter affidavit, the second respondent contented that the second<br \/>\nrespondent&#8217;s outlet does not lie within 2 kms from the petitioner&#8217;s outlet.  The<br \/>\n2nd respondent also referred to the lease deed executed in favour of the 1st<br \/>\nrespondent.  By relying upon the decision reported in 2005 (1) CTC 394 (NATARAJA<br \/>\nAGENCIES v. THE SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS)the 2nd<br \/>\nrespondent submitted that the petitioner, a rival businessman has no locus<br \/>\nstandi to file the above writ petition and on the above said contentions the 2nd<br \/>\nrespondent seeks the dismissal of the writ petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t5.\tHeard the learned counsel.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t6.\tThe learned counsel for the petitioner reiterated the above said<br \/>\ncontentions put forth by the petitioner in the affidavit.  The learned counsel<br \/>\nis unable to produce any circular or rule imposing a ban for locating an outlet<br \/>\nwithin 2 kms from the existing outlet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t7.\tThe petitioner is a dealer under the Hindustan Petroleum<br \/>\nCorporation.  The first respondent is Indian Oil Corporation which has granted<br \/>\ndealership to the second respondent.  In the present case, the only grievance of<br \/>\nthe petitioner is that if the second respondent is permitted to set up his<br \/>\nretail outlet within 2 kms from the petitioner&#8217;s outlet, his business interest<br \/>\nwould be adversely affected.  As laid down in the decision reported in 2005 (1)<br \/>\nC.T.C. 394, the petitioner has no locus standi to complain about the setting up<br \/>\nof the second respondent&#8217;s outlet near the petitioner&#8217;s place of business on the<br \/>\nground that it would affect his business interest.  As laid down in the<br \/>\naforesaid decision, it will only result in promoting competition among the<br \/>\ntraders which is good for the consumers.  Merely because some of the customers<br \/>\nmay switch over to the rival retail outlet does not mean that public interest<br \/>\nwould suffer.  But, on the other hand, it will only benefit the consumers<br \/>\nbecause when there is competition, the businessmen are compelled to provide<br \/>\nbetter quality products at reasonable rates.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t8.\tAs laid down by the Supreme Court in the decision reported in AIR<br \/>\n1992 SC 143 (MITHILESH GARG V. UNION OF INDIA), a rival businessman cannot file<br \/>\na writ petition, challenging the setting-up of a similar unit by another<br \/>\nbusinessan, on the ground that establishing a rival business close to his<br \/>\nbusiness-place would adversely affect his business interest, even if the<br \/>\nsetting-up of the new unit is in violation of law.    If the contention of the<br \/>\nlearned counsel for the petitioner is considered on the basis of the law laid<br \/>\ndown by the Supreme Court, it can be safely held that the above writ petition is<br \/>\nnot maintainable.  The petitioner has not made out a case that the outlet to be<br \/>\nset up is in violation of any provision of law.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t9.\tFurther, as rightly contended by the learned counsel for the first<br \/>\nrespondent, the `no objection certificate&#8217; has been granted in respect of the<br \/>\nimmovable property in favour of the 1st respondent and any earlier cancellation<br \/>\nof dealership will not stand in the way of the 1st respondent granting<br \/>\ndealership to the second respondent<\/p>\n<p>\t10.\tFor the above said reasons, the writ petition fails and the same is<br \/>\ndismissed.  No costs. Consequently, WPMP (MD).No.533\/2006 is dismissed.\n<\/p>\n<p>sal<\/p>\n<p>To<\/p>\n<p>Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager,<br \/>\nIndian Oil Corporation,<br \/>\nNo.2, Race Cource Road,<br \/>\nChokkikulam,<br \/>\nMadurai 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madras High Court R.Alexander vs Senior Divisional Retail Sales on 27 June, 2006 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 27\/06\/2006 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.MOHAN RAM W.P.(MD).No.453 of 2006 and W.P.M.P.(MD).NO.533 of 2006 R.Alexander &#8230; Petitioner Versus 1.Senior Divisional Retail Sales Manager, Indian Oil Corporation, No.2, Race Cource Road, Chokkikulam, Madurai 2 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>R.Alexander vs Senior Divisional Retail Sales on 27 June, 2006 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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