ORDER

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. In the instant petition, petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:—

"(i) To issue an appropriate Writ(s), Order(s) or Direction(s) to the respondent authorities to quash the office order dated 11.05.2023 contained in memo no. 111 whereby the petitioner's bid in NIT No. 10/2022-23 at serial no. 8 has been rejected on the ground that the petitioner has been blacklisted for a period of 10 years without issuance of any show cause notice or providing any opportunity of hearing;

(ii) That in the alternative and without prejudice to the petitioner's right, to issue an appropriate Writ(s), Order(s) or Direction(s) to the respondent authorities to declare that the blacklisting order dated 11.05.2023 contained in memo no. 111 is unrelated/unconnected to the petitioner company which is a separate legal entity to JMD Engineering and

Construction Private Ltd., and that therefore bids submitted by the petitioner cannot be rejected on the ground that JMD Engineering and Construction Private Ltd. has been blacklisted;

(iii) To issue an appropriate Writ(s), Order(s) or Direction(s) to the respondent authorities for providing the petitioner with an opportunity of hearing before taking any coercive and harsh action against the petitioner.

(iv) To issue an appropriate Writ(s), Order(s) or Direction(s) to the respondent authorities for keeping the letter dated 11/05/2023 as contained in memo no. 111 in abeyance till the final adjudication of this case;

(v) To issue an appropriate Writ(s), Order(s) or Direction(s) to the respondent authorities to quash the minutes of the meeting of Technical Bid Committee dated 13.07.2023 by which the petitioner has been declared unqualified for the NIT No. MR-3054-04/2023-24;

(vi) To issue an appropriate Writ(s), Order(s) or Direction(s) to the respondent authorities to allow the petitioner to participate in other bids and tenders that are issued by the State Government; and

(vii) To pass any other appropriate Writ(s), Order(s), or Direction(s) that this Hon'ble Court may deem fit on the facts and in the circumstances of the case."

3. It is necessary to reproduce Annexure- P-7 order dated 11.05.2023 which reads as under:—

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4. By the aforementioned order petitioner has been blacklisted for a period of 10 years. In this regard, show cause notice was stated to have been issued on 25.01.2023 and 21.03.2023. Petitioner is stated to have filed reply on 02.05.2023. The very object of providing show cause notice and obtaining reply and in not considering the reply, the very object of issuance of show cause notice in other words only empty formalities have been completed by the official respondents. Therefore, prima facie, the impugned order dated 11.05.2023 is bereft of material information. On this count itself, the impugned order is