PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. 2522 of 2025 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) No. - 2522 of 2025 Uttar Pradesh Petroleum Traders Association and another .....Petitioner(s) Versus Union of India and 8 others .....Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Tarun Agrawal Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Meenakshi Singh (A.C.S.C.), Komal Mehrotra, Anand Tiwari, Puneet Agarwal, Komal Mehrotra, Prem Narayan Rai Chief Justice's Court HON'BLE ARUN BHANSALI, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE KSHITIJ SHAILENDRA, J. 1. This petition was filed by the petitioners as Writ-C inter alia seeking to question Clause 5.1.14(b)(vii) of the Marketing Discipline Guidelines, 2024 ('the Guidelines, 2024') as well as Circular No. 456/27-7-2025 dated 29.05.2025 issued by respondent no.3 seeking information on construction and maintenance of retail outlet toilets. 2. When the matter came up before the jurisdictional Bench, it was inter alia observed by the Bench as under:- "3. The private dealers of ROs may or may not have a right to restrict access to their wash/restrooms. In follows, there may or may not arise obligation upon respectively Union of India and State to provide rest areas in the National and State Highways of