1. The petitioner company is incorporated under the Indian Companies Act, having its registered office in New Delhi. According to it, it specialises in the field of manufacture of steel structures and hydraulic gates, hoist, gantry crane etc. for hydel and irrigation projects and it has completed a large number of projects in the different States of the Court.

2. This petition under Article 226 of Constitution has been filed at the instance of the petitioner company seeking to challenge an order issued by the Joint Secretary in the Department of Water Resources (Irrigation), Government of Bihar under his memo No. 30/MUK-5/15010/99-5 dated 4-11-2001 (Annexure-1). In this order it is stated that in compliance with the direction of this Court the Secretary of the department duly considered the representation filed by the petitioner company and also gave hearing to its representative following departmental order No. 3162, dated 23-12-2000 passed giving detailed reasons for the black listing of the petitioner company in terms of clause 18(ii) of the Bihar Enlistment of Contractor Rules, 1992 on the company being found guilty of the three charges as enumerated in the Joint Secret