M/S Durga Facility Management v. Government Emarketplace
Case brief
What is this about?
Karnataka High Court, Bengaluru; Justice Suraj Govindaraj; WP No. 632 of 2025 (GM-RES); decided 13 November 2025; Durga Facility Management Services Pvt Ltd v Government eMarketpace and Southern Railway respondents; writ of certiorari against contract termination order dtd 13.11.2024; arbitration clause clause 8.1 Chapter-VIII; certiorari unavailable after contract has come to an end; liberty to agitate claims in arbitral proceedings; mandamus for release of dues (letter 21.10.2024, Annx-T) and refund of transaction charges by Government eMarketplace (letter 26.09.2024, Annx-V); removal of petitioner's material from respondent No.3 storeroom on 1.12.2025 at 10.30 a.m. by signed inventory; writ petition partly allowed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty reserved to the petitioner to agitate all his claims in arbitral proceedings as and when initiated; and the petitioner directed to call upon the office of respondent No.3 at 10.30 a.m. on 1.12.2025 for removal of its stored material by an inventory signed by the petitioner and a representative of respondent No.3. The prayer to quash the termination order by certiorari was not granted.