IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 28TH DAY OF AUGUST, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NOS.14549-552 OF 2019(GM-RES) BETWEEN:
1. SRI. RAJKUMAR AGED ABOUT 55 YEARS, S/O RAGHAV NAIK MATRUCHAYA NO.35, 7TH CROSS, ALN LAYOUT MANIPAL - 576 104 UDUPI DISTRICT.
2. SRI. SATHISHA H R S/O RANGAPPA AGED ABOUT 28 YEARS, HARO BENAVALLI, B BEERANAHALLI SHIMOGA - 577 227.
3. SRI. VINAYA M. VINI S/O VEERABHADRAPPA AGED ABOUT 27 YEARS, 2ND CROSS GANAPTHI LAYOUT VIDYANAGAR, SHIMOGA - 577 203.
4. SRI. SUNIL KUMAR B K S/O KUMARSWAMY, AGED ABOUT 23 YEARS, BALUR, HALUGUDEE POST HOSANAGARA TALUK, SHIMOGA DISTRICT.
(BY SRI.AJITH A. SHETTY, ADVOCATE) … PETITIONERS AND:
1. UNION OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS SHASTHRI BHAVAN NEW DELHI - 110 001 BY ITS SECRETARY.
2. INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LIMITED A GOVERNMENT COMPANY REPRESENTED BY ITS INCUMBENT OFFICER, DIVISIONAL OFFICE AT MANGALORE INDIAN OIL BHAVAN, KOTTARA MANGALORE - 575 006.
3. HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED A GOVERNMENT COMPANY REPRESENTED BY ITS INCUMBENT OFFICER, MANGALORE RETAIL REGIONAL OFFICE, 1ST FLOOR, DEO GRATIS BUILDING, CHILLIMBI URVA STORE, MANGALORE - 575 006.
…RESPONDENTS (BY SRI.BUDRANNISA, ADVOCATE FOR R1;
SRI.B.PRAMOD, ADVOCATE FOR R3; SRI.DHANANJAY JOSHI, ADVOCATE FOR R2) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPONDENT OIL COMPANIES TO STRICTLY ADHERE TO THE VERBATIM OF INTRODUCTORY CLAUSE [II] AND CLAUSE 14[G] READ WITH CLAUSE 4[V] OF THE BROCHURE DTD:24.11.2018 AS PER ANENXURE-A AND ETC.
THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:-
ORDER Sri.Ajith A. Shetty, learned counsel for the petitioners.
Sri.Budrannisha, learned counsel for respondent No.1.
Sri.Dhananjay Joshi, learned counsel for respondent No.2.
Sri.B.Pramod, learned counsel for respondent No.3.
The petitions are admitted for hearing. With the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the same are heard finally.
On account of efflux of time as well as the clarification offered by the respondent No.3 in the Statement of Objections, nothing survives for adjudication in these writ petitions.
Accordingly, the writ petitions are dismissed as having become infructuous.
Sd/- JUDGE dn/-