Ranjana Kumari v. The Union Of India

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.1519 of 2020 ====================================================== Ranjana Kumari W/o Raj Kumar Sah at Present R/o-E-5, Tribhuwans Chandeshwar Kamla Enclave, Opposite Snehi Path, West Patel Nagar, Patna800023 ... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union of India through the Secretary, Department of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi.

2.

The State of Bihar through the Chief Secretary, Government of Bihar, Patna. 3.

The Principal Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare, Government of BIhar, Patna.

4.

Bihar Medical Service and Infrastructure Corporation Ltd., Patna (BMSICL) through its Managing Director, 4th Floor, BSBCCL Building. Hospital Road, Shastri Nagar, Patna.

... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kumar Brijnandan, Advocate Mr. Amit Pandey, Advocate For the U.O.I.

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Mr. S.D.Sanjay, ASGI Mr. Rajesh Kumar Verma, ASG For BMSIC :

Mr. Lalit Kishore, Sr. Advocate Mr. Vikash Kumar, Advocate ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR UPADHYAY ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE)

Patna High Court CWJC No.1519 of 2020(2) dt.23-01-2020 2/3 23-01-2020 The petition filed on 21.01.2020 is listed for hearing for the first time today before the Court.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the respondents.

Petitioner has prayed for the following relief: "For issuance of an order/direction/writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the Respondent No. 4BMSICL to finalize without inordinate delay the tender process initiated by Notice Inviting Tender (NIT No. BMSICL/Infra/22/2019 dated 10.06.2019) for construction of six Government Medical College & Hospital in Bihar located in the districts of Vaishali, Begusarai, Sitamarhi, Jamui, Buxar and Madhubani."

After the matter was heard for some time, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioner shall be content if a direction is issued to the concerned respondents to consider and decide the representation, which the petitioner shall be making afresh within a period of four weeks from today. Learned counsel for the respondents states that upon receipt of such request, if any, the same shall be dealt with in accordance with law, expeditiously and positively within a period of three months from the date of receipt thereof. Equally, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to take

Patna High Court CWJC No.1519 of 2020(2) dt.23-01-2020 3/3 recourse to such alternative remedies as are otherwise available in accordance with law.

We are hopeful that as and when petitioner takes recourse to such remedies, as are otherwise available in law, before the appropriate forum, the same shall be dealt with, in accordance with law and with reasonable dispatch. The petition stands disposed of in the aforesaid terms. (Sanjay Karol, CJ) (Anil Kumar Upadhyay, J) P.K.P./-Sushma U