1. This writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner company with the prayer to quash office order No. 8 EB, dated 29-1-99 (Annexure 15), passed by the Bihar State Electricity Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board), whereby the petitioner company has been ". . . blacklisted and all business dealings of B.S.E. Board with the firm and its associates are debarred". The petitioner company is a manufacturer of electrical equipment and has been a supplier to the Board for a long time.

2. Shorn of the details, the petitioner company had received orders from the Board for supply of 45 sets of Isolators of 132 KV of different amperes as per the exact specifications of the Board, vide letter No. Trans. 1032/95-03-EB, dated 18-2-97 (Annexure 1). It is manifest from this letter that the Board had prescribed detailed specifications according to which the petitioner had to manufacture and supply 45 sets of 132 KV Isolators to the Board made to meet the specific needs of the Board. Paragraphs 14 and 15 of the letter deals with the suppliers guarantees, and are set out hereinbelow for the facility of quick reference :-

"14. GUARANTEEAll equipments/materials to be supplied again