S.S.Hasan and B.N.Sinha JJ.

1. In the circumstances of this application and in view of the fact that the matter has been languishing since 1984, we felt that the matters should be heard and disposed of with the consent of the parties, at the admission stage itself. Consequently, adequate opportunity was granted to the State and other opposite party to file a counter affidavit, if any, which was filed only by Respondent No. 2. The matter has thus been heard and is being disposed of.

2. The petitioner firm seeks the protection of this Court against what has been described by it, as a completely illegal and unwarranted action of Respondent No. 2, the consequence of which is that it has suffered a heavy pecuniary loss and obstruction in its day to day business. The petitioner in response to the notice inviting tenders issued by the Bihar State Cooperative Marketing Union Limited (BISCOMAUN) for supply of gram seeds and peas seeds, submitted its offer which was accepted and contract was entered into between the petitioner and the BISCOMAUN and the petitioner was ordered for supply of 2000 quintals of gram seeds and 450 quintals of peas seeds by the BISCOMAUN by their letter date