Ashok Kumar and Santosh Kumar Singh (Jv), v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
BMSICL; Bihar Medical Services and Infrastructure Corporation Ltd.; legal notice treated as representation; disposal of writ petition at admission stage with consent of counsel; opportunity of hearing before order; orders strictly in accordance with law; communication of order to petitioners; six-week (6 weeks) disposal timeline; Health Department, Government of Bihar; Additional Chief Secretary; contractor/JV petitioners (Pawan Shekhar; Ashok Kumar and Santosh Kumar Singh JV; Shanti Construction; Sab Construction; Raghubar Singh; Mohan Sharma; Ajay Kumar Singh); Patna High Court CWJC Nos. 6020, 6034, 6114, 6188, 6194, 7241, 7288, 7912 of 2025; Justice A. Abhishek Reddy; order dated 15-07-2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petitions disposed of at admission stage with consent of both counsels; Managing Director, BMSICL directed to treat the petitioners' legal notices (Annexures P/6, P/7 and P/8) as representations, pass necessary orders strictly in accordance with law after affording the petitioners an opportunity of hearing, communicate the orders to the petitioners, and endeavour to dispose of the representations preferably within six weeks from receipt of a copy of the order.