G H Raju v. the State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
Short unmerits disposal: WP No. 2451 of 2022 (GM-TEN), High Court of Karnataka (M. Nagaprasanna, J., 17.03.2025). Contractor-petitioner (Ninaad Construction) challenged PWD/PRAMC order dt. 21.01.2021 concerning EMD receipt and bid consideration in a tender; disposed as infructuous by efflux of time, no interim order having been granted. No precedent engaged, no statutory interpretation, no quantum. Of limited citation value - shows only disposal without adjudication of tender/EMD rights.
What did the court decide?
Accepting the learned High Court Government Pleader's submission that the challenged tender notification/work order had become infructuous by efflux of time and that no interim order had been granted, the Court disposed of the writ petition as having become infructuous, without adjudicating the merits. ¶27