Singh Enterprises, v. The Union Of India Through General Manager,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA

Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.5362 of 2021 ====================================================== 1.

Singh Enterprises, Address Flat No. 502, Om Sai Apartment, Anantpur, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834001, through its partner Ranjan Kumar, aged about 54 years (Male), Son of Shivchand Prasad Singh. 2.

Param Enterprises (P) Ltd, Address Fortuna Tower, 23A, NS Road, Room 7, 3rd Floor, Kolkatta, West Bengal-700001 through its authorised representative, aged about 62 years (Male), Son of Late Satyanarayan Pathak.

3.

Vaishnavi Construction and Suppliers, Address Qtr. NO. A/5/(T). HEC Colony, Dhurva, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834004 through its authorised representative Suchitra Kumari, aged about 35 years (female), wife of Manoj Kumar.

4.

Jai Jalaram Constructions, Address College Square, Cuttack, Odisha-753003 through its authorised representative Janandera Kumar, aged about 40 years (Male), son of Late Tarkeshwar Singh.

5.

Param Singh (JV), Ranchi, Address Flat No. 502, Om Sai Apartment, Anantpur, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834001 through its authorised representative Ranjan Kumar, aged about 54 years (Male), son of Shivchand Prasad Singh. 6.

Param Vaishnavi (JV), Ranchi, Address Qtr No. A/5 (T), HEC Colony, Dhurwa, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834004, through its through its authorised representative, Puneet Pathak, aged about 62 years (Male), Son of Late Satya Narayan Pathak.

... ... Petitioner/s

Versus

1.

The Union of India through General Manager, Hajipur, The East Central Railway, Vaishali at Hajipur.

2.

The Principal Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer, Vaishali at Hajipur. 3.

The Principal Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer, Vaishali at Hajipur.

4.

The Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer/CON/Works, Vaishali at Hajipur. 5.

The Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer/CON/South, Mahendru/Patna. 6.

The Chief Signal and Telecom Engineer/CON/North,, Mahendru/Patna.

Patna High Court CWJC No.5362 of 2021(2) dt.21-12-2021 2/3 7.

The Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer, Mahendru/Patna. ... ... Respondent/s ====================================================== Appearance :

For the Petitioner/s :

Mr.Kumar Shanu, Advocate For the Respondent/s :

Mr.Dr. K. N. Singh ( ASG ) Mr. Prikritit Sharma, JC to ASG ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE and HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S. KUMAR ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE) 21-12-2021 Petitioner has prayed for the following relief(s): "For issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to reduce and restrict the value of entire Performance Security to 3% including Performance Bank Guarantee (PBG), Security Money (SD), and Retention Money, without seeking equivalent amount of Bank Guarantee for release of Security money and Retention money, in the left over portion of existing contract value as per Office Memorandum (OM) issued by Government of India, Ministry of Finance dated 12.11.2020 & 13.05.2020 and the Petitioner further pray for direction to Respondent authorities for any other relief/ reliefs for which the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper."

Learned counsel for the petitioner seeks permission to withdraw the petition.

Prayer allowed.

The petition is dismissed as withdrawn.

Patna High Court CWJC No.5362 of 2021(2) dt.21-12-2021 3/3 Interlocutory application, if any, shall also stand disposed of.

(Sanjay Karol, CJ) ( S. Kumar, J) K.C.Jha/- U