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Prima facie there cannot be a denial to the fact from the end of the respondent that the petitioner has emerged on the scene to the very notice of respondent no. 1 in terms of her claim lodged way back in April 2018 and until the date the running of the petrol pump in reference is by the petitioner.: Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court

The Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh High Court passed a judgement on the 17th of January, 2023 in which the court ordered the respondent not to disturb the running of the petrol pump by the petitioner. This was seen in the case of Sonika Gupta vs Bharat Petroleum Corporation (WP(C) No. 65/2023 CM No. 162/2023). The case was presided over by The Honourable Mr Justice Rahul Bharti.

FACTS OF THE CASE:

Respondent-1 was involved in the grant of the petrol pump. The allocation of petrol pump outlet was on licence basis for a 5-year period. The use of the land area for the petrol pump was on the basis of the lease for a period of 50 years since 2002.

The judgement was passed by the high court whereby the appellate order passed by the civil appellate court came to be set aside and the order by the trial Court came to be upheld. In terms of an order passed by the trial Court, Respondent no. 1 was restrained from terminating the licence of M/s Shree Mukhtanand Auto Aids so run in the name and on behalf of the proforma respondent nos. 1 & 2.

Before the Supreme Court, a question was as to whether the injunction which was restored by the High Court in terms of its judgment could continue post the expiry period of the dealership in the year 2017 and on that basis the judgement, came to be set aside by Supreme Court with a period of six weeks given to M/s Shree Mukhtanand Auto Aid to vacate the premises. However, the Supreme Court spared an observation in its order that in case an application is moved for regularization in view of the changed policy in place of respondent no. 1, the same is to be considered on its merits.

Following the decision of the Supreme Court, the petitioner came to submit a formal application to respondent no. 1’s Territory Manager, duly received in his office whereby in terms of Policy Guidelines of 2018, the petitioner laid a claim to get the said petrol pump regularized in her name

JUDGEMENT:

Prima facie court had the opinion that the financial interest of the respondent was not suffered by the petrol pump which was run by the petitioner. Hence, the court directed respondent no. 1 not to disturb the running of the petrol pump by the petitioner till the next date of hearing before the Bench. This order was however subject to objections from the other side.

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