M/S Rajesh Construction Thro Its Proprietor Nemely Rajesh Kumar v. the State of Jharkhand through the Chief Secretary
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: tender dispute; NIT No. 08/R1/2024-25/RWD/W/EE/GUMLA dated 10.01.2025; Letter No. 2185 dated 29.08.2025; Annexure-3; technical evaluation report dated 21.01.2025; Rural Works Department, Gumla; representation pending before authority; direction to decide representation by 22.12.2025; opportunity of hearing; reasoned and speaking order; disposal without merits adjudication. Court: High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi (Division Bench), W.P.(C) No. 6809 of 2025, decided 08.12.2025, neutral citation 2025:JHHC:36680-DB. Bench: Tarlok Singh Chauhan, C.J. and Rajesh Shankar, J. Useful for: interim/disposal directions in tender challenges where representations are undecided and the tender process is incomplete.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with a direction to respondent no. 3 (Engineer-in-Chief, Rural Works Department) to consider and decide the petitioner's pending representation within two weeks, i.e. by 22.12.2025, affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing and passing a reasoned and speaking order; no substantive adjudication on the merits of the impugned order or technical qualification.