Good Luck Enterprise and 3 Ors. v. the State of Assam and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Blacklisting; debarment; automatic debarment invalid; show cause notice; principles of natural justice; Article 14; Article 21; Article 19(1)(g); Gorkha Security Services (2014) 9 SCC 105; Siksha Setu portal registration; Samagra Shiksha Assam; free school uniform procurement; Guidelines dated 04.12.2024 Sub-Clause (10) and (23); Guidelines dated 08.08.2025 Clause H(1); Minutes of Meeting dated 25.07.2025 estoppel and waiver; Assam Public Procurement Act, 2017; Assam Public Procurement Rules, 2020; State Public Procurement Portal; tender exclusion; laboratory test report enclosure dated 20.03.2025; WP(C) batch disposal; no costs.
What did the court decide?
Batch of writ petitions disposed of with observations and directions: (i) participation of the petitioners in WP(C) Nos.4987/2025, 5168/2025, 5183/2025 and 5245/2025 under interim orders made absolute, with deemed Siksha Setu registration from the date of the Coordinate Bench's permission, and respondents directed to register them within 10 days of service of certified copy of the judgment on respondent No.2; (ii) petitioners in WP(C) No.5406/2025 (already registered) not to be prejudiced by the enclosure to the communication dated 20.03.2025; (iii) petitioners in WP(C) Nos.5574/2025 and 5532/2025 get no effective relief for the current procurement process but cannot be debarred from future procurement processes till lawful debarment/blacklisting orders are passed, subject to fulfilling other eligible conditions; (iv) entitlement to supply orders and correctness of tender rejection left undecided; (v) respondents/authority at liberty to take steps for blacklisting or debarment if so advised, following the mandate of law; (vi) no costs.