M/S v. N. Saur Urja Projects Pvt. Ltd. Thru. Director Neeraj Bajpai v State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. /Chairman Addl. Source of Energy Deptt. Lko. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Blacklisting of solar vendor; empanelment with Opposite Party No.2 / NEDA; rooftop solar panels and RTS System not installed at complainant Puneet Kumar's premises; disputed payment Rs.2,75,000/- vs proved payment about Rs.1,70,000/-; payment schedule (advance, proforma invoice, post-commissioning instalments) held not to justify blacklisting; stay of blacklisting order; direction to refund/offer Rs.1,70,000/- within 15 days; refund safeguard through NEDA or Court intervention; pleadings within six weeks; interim relief in writ petition; Allahabad High Court Lucknow Bench.
What did the court decide?
Interim relief: operation of the blacklisting order dated 27.5.2025 stayed as apparently unjustified; petitioner directed to offer Rs.1,70,000/- to the complainant within 15 days, failing which NEDA may inform the Court or the complainant may seek intervention to secure refund; pleadings to be completed within six weeks and matter to be listed thereafter. Final disposal of the writ petition was not recorded in this order.