Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in pursuance of a “very short tender notice” as contained in memo no. 140/Jamshedpur dated 08.02.2019 (Annexure-1 to the present writ petition) issued under the signature of the respondent no.2, the petitioner participated in the same and having declared successful in the said tender, was awarded the work for supply of stationery/printing materials in East Singhbhum district. The petitioner has contended in the writ petition that after making supply of the said materials as per the requirement of the tender notice, it raised a bill of Rs.1,27,41,605/- out of which the respondents admitted the payment to the extent of Rs.1,14,47,277/-. However out of the said amount, 30% of the same i.e., Rs. 34,34,183/- has been illegally deducted as per the order of the respondent no.2, as would be evident from the extract of bills signed by the Deputy Election Officer, East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur on 01.08.2019 (a copy of which was furnished to the petitioner on its application filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005) and the final payable amount came to Rs.76,95,775/-.
