WRIT - C No. 4944 of 2023 at Lucknow

//1// AFR Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC-LKO:19838 Reserved Case :- WRIT - C No. - 4944 of 2023 Petitioner :- R.S. Filling Station Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Kheri Thru. Proprietor Amit Singh And Anr Respondent :- Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Mumbai Thru. Executive Director And Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Abhinav Trivedi, Anshuman Singh, Ashok Kumar Singh, Geetika Yadav, Radhika Singh Counsel for Respondent :- Manish Jauhari Hon'ble Pankaj Bhatia, J. 1. Heard Ms. Geetika Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioners and Dr L.P. Mishra & Shri Manish Jauhri, learned counsel for the respondents. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner challenging the order dated 12.01.2023 whereby the license of the petitioner for retail outlet dealer of Indian Oil Corporation was terminated as well as the order dated 15.05.2023 by which the appeal preferred against the said order was rejected. 3. The facts, in brief, are that the petitioner was appointed as a retail outlet dealer by Indian Oil Corporation (for short ‘corporation’) by means of an appointment letter dated 02.12.2005 for running a retail outlet at Bariha Taranpur, District Lakhimpur Kheri, which was being run by the