State cannot act arbitrarily while considering claim of citizens for grant of State largesse

Gayathri Vs Union of India (Karnataka High Court) (a) Petitioner is a woman belonging to ST category and she had staked her claim for allotment of dealership vide application dated 18.10.2014, is not in dispute; petitioner happens to be the sole applicant for the unit in question, is also not in dispute; the land offered by the petitioner belonged to another person who did not agree to certain terms and therefore petitioner after having an arrangement with another lady had proposed the land to the said lady. The counsel for the petitioner submits and this court has no reason to doubt that the ...