High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCWP/9479/2022disposed of

Jagdish Lal v. State Of Punjab And Others

2022-05-06Mr. Justice Gurmeet Singh Sandhawalia,Mr. Justice Vikas Suri2 pages

CWP-9479-2022 [1]

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CWP-9479-2022 Date of decision : 06.05.2022 Jagdish Lal ....Petitioner V/s State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE G.S. SANDHAWALIA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI

Present:

Mr. Nitin Kaushal, Advocate for the petitioner. G.S. SANDHAWALIA, J.

(ORAL) Contends that the petitioner's bid for the work of Transport Cluster Ludhiana-1 had been accepted whereas that of respondent No.4 had been rejected on account of technical ineligibility vide order dated 04.01.2022. The appeal had been preferred by the private respondent which had been allowed on 11.04.2022 (Annexure P-2) and the technical bid of the said respondent was declared responsive and directions were issued to proceed further as per the provisions of the Policy. In the second appeal filed by the petitioner, matter had been remanded to First Appellate Authority with liberty to modify the impugned order dated 11.04.2022 and it was directed that the same be decided expeditiously, preferably within a period of two weeks vide order dated 27.04.2022 (Annexure P-3).

It is, thus, prayed that the petitioner be allowed to continue the work which has been allotted to him, being the successful bidder. Meanwhile, a direction has also been prayed for that the First Appellate Authority should decide the matter in a fixed time frame, which has been prescribed by the Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Punjab, Government of Punjab.

Notice of motion.

AJAY KUMAR 2022.05.07 15:37 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court, Chandigarh

CWP-9479-2022 [2] Mr. SPS Tinna, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos.1 to 3.

Mr. Jastej Singh, Advocate, accepts notice on behalf of respondent No.4.

Keeping in view the above, the writ petition is disposed of with direction to the First Appellate Authority to decide the matter expeditiously which had been remanded to it, preferably within a period of ten days from today. Till then, the petitioner be allowed to continue with the work which has already been allotted to him.

(G.S. SANDHAWALIA) JUDGE (VIKAS SURI) JUDGE May 06, 2022 Ajay Whether speaking/reasoned:

Yes/No Whether reportable:

Yes/No AJAY KUMAR 2022.05.07 15:37 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court, Chandigarh