Ramesh Ranganathan, J.

1. This appeal, under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, is preferred against the order passed by the Learned Single Judge in W.P. No.24599 of 2016 dated 29.07.2016. The learned Government Pleader, appearing on behalf of the Learned Additional Advocate-General, submits that the Writ Petition was allowed even without giving the appellants herein an opportunity of filing a counter-affidavit, and in placing the facts which led to restricting the eligibility, for participation in the tender notice dated 16.07.2016, only to poultry farmers with NECC certification and in eliminating traders, such as the petitioners, from participating in the tender process. This submission of the Learned Government Pleader is well founded. While we were initially inclined to set aside the order under appeal on the ground that the Writ Petition was allowed without the appellants herein (respondents in the Writ Petition) being given an opportunity to file their counter-affidavit, and restore the Writ Petition to file to be heard by the Learned Single Judge, both the Learned Government Pleader and Sri D. Prakash Reddy, Learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the res