The High Court dismissed the writ petition held infructuous as the Government decided to open financial bids of technically non-responsive tenderers who failed to upload the ESI number, rendering the petitioner's claim without cause of action.
The writ petition was rendered infructuous and stood dismissed.
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I N THE HI GH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDI GARH
Ci vi l Wr i t Pet i t i on No. 3975 of 2019 ( O&M) DATE OF DECI SI ON: 27. 02. 2019
M/ s Nar esh Kumar Mahaj an
…. . Pet i t i oner
ver sus
St at e of Punj ab and ot her s
. . . . . Respondent s
CORAM: - HON’ BLE MR. JUSTI CE KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE HON’ BLE MR. JUSTI CE ARUN PALLI , JUDGE
Pr esent : Shr i Suni l Chadha, Seni or Advocat e wi t h Ms. Swat i Ver ma, Advocat e f or t he pet i t i oner Shr i Shr eesh Gupt a, Sr . DAG, Punj ab Shr i Sanj eev Soni , Advocat e f or r espondent Nos. 2 & 3
KRI SHNA MURARI , CHI EF JUSTI CE : ( Or al )
Shr i Sanj eev Soni , Advocat e has put i n appear ance on behal f of r espondent Nos. 2 and 3. A st at ement has been made bef or e us t hat a deci si on has been t aken t o open t he f i nanci al bi d of t he pet i t i oner and al l ot her si mi l ar l y si t uat ed t ender er s whose t echni cal bi ds wer e hel d t o be non- r esponsi ve f or not upl oadi ng ESI number .
I n vi ew of t he st at ement made bef or e us, t he cause of act i on does not sur vi ve any f ur t her and t he pet i t i on i s r ender ed i nf r uct uous and accor di ngl y st ands di smi ssed.
( KRI SHNA MURARI ) CHI EF JUSTI CE
( ARUN PALLI ) JUDGE
PARKASH CHAND 2019.02.28 17:27 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document
CWP- 3975- 2019
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NOTE: Whet her speaki ng/ non- speaki ng: Speaki ng Whet her r epor t abl e: YES/ NO
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the petitioner's writ petition regarding the allotment of bids survives given the decision to open financial bids of technically non-responsive tenderers.
Naresh Kumar Mahajan
State of Punjab
Krishna Murari
Arun Palli
As recorded by the court registry
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