Md. Junaid Alam v. North Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petitions by Rural Revenue Franchisees challenging cancellation of their 2014 agreements by one-line non-speaking orders of the Electrical Executive Engineer, and the prior allotment of the same work to a private company. The court quashed the cancellation orders and the allotment for violation of natural justice and arbitrariness, leaving the authorities free to decide afresh under the Schem
What did the court decide?
Impugned orders of cancellation of the franchisee agreements (Annexure '10' and similar orders) and the order allotting the work to respondent no. 7 (Annexure '14') quashed; admitted payments to be ma