JUDGMENT :

KURIAN, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellant herein was the respondent No.4 in Writ Petition No.1087/2007 on the file of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital. That writ petition was filed by respondent No.1 herein, challenging the award of project of Smart Card based driving licence and vehicle registration certificate. Though it may not be necessary to go into the facts in detail, still it is significant to note that respondent No.3 in the Writ Petition, namely, HILTRON is a Public Sector Undertaking, with whom the State of Uttarakhand had entered into an MOU for providing, facilitating and marketing information technology solutions within the State of Uttarakhand. HILTRON was also nominated as the Information Technology and Communication service provider for various

Departments, Semi-Government Departments and Institutions, etc. HILTRON and Transport Commissioner of Uttarakhand entered into an MOU with regard to the project of Smart Card based driving licence and vehicle registration certificate.

HILTRON in turn nominated the appellant herein for execution of the project work. That MOU with HILTRON was challenged by the respondent No.1 herein (petitioner before the Hi