{"id":263136,"date":"2007-08-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-08-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-k-mohini-vs-hindustan-petrolium-corporation-on-8-august-2007"},"modified":"2018-10-06T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T08:42:08","slug":"c-k-mohini-vs-hindustan-petrolium-corporation-on-8-august-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/c-k-mohini-vs-hindustan-petrolium-corporation-on-8-august-2007","title":{"rendered":"C.K.Mohini vs Hindustan Petrolium Corporation &#8230; on 8 August, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Kerala High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">C.K.Mohini vs Hindustan Petrolium Corporation &#8230; on 8 August, 2007<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWP(C) No. 34281 of 2004(F)\n\n\n1. C.K.MOHINI,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. HINDUSTAN PETROLIUM CORPORATION LTD.,\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD.,\n\n3. BHARAT PETROLIUM CORPORATION LTD.,\n\n4. IBP CO. LTD., REP. BY ITS SENIOR\n\n5. RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD.,\n\n6. ESSAR OIL LTD., REP. BY HEAD SOUTH\n\n7. THE UNION OF INDIA, REP. BY THE\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.JOY GEORGE\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.N.N.SUGUNAPALAN, SC, BPC\n\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice KURIAN JOSEPH\n\n Dated :08\/08\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                           KURIAN JOSEPH, J.\n                 ---------------------------------------\n                    W.P. (C). NO. 34281 OF 2004\n                 ---------------------------------------\n             Dated this the 8th day of August, 2007.\n\n                              J U D G M E N T\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">       This writ petition is filed with the following prayers:<\/p>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>             i)     Issue a writ of mandamus or order or direction<\/p>\n<p>             directing the 7th respondent to formulate a policy for the<\/p>\n<p>             survival of existing retail outlets which were awarded<\/p>\n<p>             under SC\/ST quota due to the liberal policy of starting<\/p>\n<p>             new outlets.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_1\"><p>             ii)    Issue a writ of mandamus or order or direction<\/p>\n<p>             directing the respondents 1 to 6 not to award or notify<\/p>\n<p>             new outlets in the locations in which SC\/ST dealership is<\/p>\n<p>             running to avoid competition of SC\/ST dealers with the<\/p>\n<p>             general category.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote id=\"blockquote_2\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p id=\"p_1\">       2. Since the petitioner has sought for a writ of mandamus,<\/p>\n<p>it is for the petitioner to first approach the competent authority.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">       This writ petition is disposed of as above.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">                                             KURIAN JOSEPH, JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">smp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala High Court C.K.Mohini vs Hindustan Petrolium Corporation &#8230; on 8 August, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WP(C) No. 34281 of 2004(F) 1. C.K.MOHINI, &#8230; Petitioner Vs 1. HINDUSTAN PETROLIUM CORPORATION LTD., &#8230; Respondent 2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD., 3. BHARAT PETROLIUM CORPORATION LTD., 4. IBP CO. LTD., REP. 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