Krn and Co., Vs The Superintending Engineer (Highways) — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

Krn and Co., Vs The Superintending Engineer (Highways) — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

No substantive relief granted. The writ petition was closed as infructuous upon recording that the second respondent had issued both requested certificates dated 03.10.2025; no costs awarded; connected W.M.P(MD) Nos.21490 & 21492 of 2025 closed.

Issue for consideration

Whether the second respondent should be directed to issue the Work Site Inspection Certificate and Working Condition of Plants and Machineries Certificate to the petitioner to enable participation in Tender Notice Number 32/2025-26/SDO dated 03.09.2025 for works in Sl.Nos.2 to 4. +1 more

Ratio / Principle

Recording the Additional Advocate General's submission that the second respondent had issued the Work Site Inspection Certificate and Working Condition of Plants and Machineries Certificate in favour of the petitioner dated 03.10.2025, the Court held the writ petition infructuous and closed it, without costs, and consequently closed the connected Miscellaneous Petitions.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Mandamus / Tender pre-qualification certificate — KRN and Co., a partnership firm represented by its Managing Partner, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India before the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court seeking a direction to the Divisional Engineer (Highways), Pudukkottai, to issue a Work Site Inspection Certificate and a Working Condition of Plants and Machineries Certificate so that it could participate in Tender Notice Number 32/2025-26/SDO dated 03.09.2025 (works in Sl.Nos.2 to 4) issued by the Superintending Engineer (Highways), Trichy; alternatively, that the first respondent accept its tender documents without insisting on those certificates. When the matter came up on 03.10.2025, the learned Additional Advocate General submitted that the second respondent had already issued both certificates to the petitioner dated 03.10.2025. Recording these submissions, M. Dhandapani J. closed the writ petition as infructuous, made it clear that there would be no costs, and consequently closed the connected miscellaneous petitions W.M.P(MD) Nos.21490 & 21492 of 2025. The order contains no adjudication of the merits of the tender condition and cites no precedent beyond Article 226.

W.P(MD)No.27579 of 2025

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

DATED: 03.10.2025

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI

W.P(MD)No.27579 of 2025 and

W.M.P(MD) Nos.21490 & 21492 of 2025

KRN and Co., No.663, Trichy Pudukkottai Main Road, Muthudaiyanpatti, Vellanur Post, Kulathur Taluk, Pudukkottai District, Rep by its Managing Partner, K.R.N.Ramesh.

... Petitioner

Vs.

1.The Superintending Engineer (Highways), Construction and Maintenance, Trichy.

2.The Divisional Engineer (Highways), Construction and Maintenance, Pudukkottai Division, Pudukkottai District. ... Respondents

PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, to direct the second respondent to issue the work site inspection Certificate and working condition of plants and machineries certificate to the petitioner to enable him

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participate in the Tender Notice Number 32/2025-26/SDO dated 03.09.2025 for the works covered in Sl.Nos.2 to 4 issued by the first respondent and in the alternate to direct the first respondent to accept the tender documents to be uploaded by the petitioner without insisting for the production of work site inspection Certificate and working condition of plants and machineries certificate for the above said works.

For Petitioner : Mr.P.Ganapathi Subramanian

For Respondents : Mr.Veera Kathiravan Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.A.Baskaran Additional Government Pleader

ORDER

The petitioner has filed the present Writ Petition seeking a

direction to the second respondent to issue the Work Site Inspection Certificate and Working Condition of Plants and Machineries Certificate to enable him to participate in Tender Notice Number 32/2025-26/SDO dated 03.09.2025 for the works covered in Sl.Nos.2 to 4 issued by the first respondent. In the alternative, the petitioner seeks a direction to the first respondent to accept the tender documents to be uploaded by him without insisting for the production of aforesaid certificates for the said

works.

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2. When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned

Additional Advocate General appearing for the respondents submitted that the second respondent has issued the Work Site Inspection Certificate and Working Condition of Plants and Machineries Certificate in favour of the petitioner, dated 03.10.2025.

3. Recording abovesaid submissions, this Writ Petition is closed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.

03.10.2025 Index : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No ps

To

1.The Superintending Engineer (Highways), Construction and Maintenance, Trichy.

2.The Divisional Engineer (Highways), Construction and Maintenance, Pudukkottai Division, Pudukkottai District.

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M.DHANDAPANI, J.

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