B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE Letter No. Rc. ENC. ADA/tc. 3/20233/97, dated 22-1-1998 written by the first respondent to the petitioner-firm cancelling its registration as a Special Class Contractor and debarring it from tendering in all categories in future is impugned in this writ petition. The petitioner-firm got itself registered as a Special Class Contractor in the year 1989. It claims to have executed various civil works worth over Rs. 20 crores of the Government and its agencies. It appears that serious differences arose between one of the Directors of the petitioner-firm and the-then Chief Engineer, D. Sreerama Murthy (for short the said chief Engineer ) with regard to awarding works relating to widening the Mahabubghat in KM. 256/710 to 263 NM-7 of Nagpur-Hyderabad Section. One of the Directors of the petitioner-firm appears to have levelled certain serious allegations against the said Chief Engineer, by loading a representation before the Government. However, the petitioner-firm appears to have withdrawn the said complaint: but, according to it, under pressure. We are not concerned with the details relating to the said complaint. While so, the first respondent herein c

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