JUDGMENT :

NIRZAR S. DESAI, J.

1. This Court vide order dated 11.07.2019 had issued Rule and made it returnable on 12.09.2019. Today, since both the parties agreed to go on with the matter, the matter is taken-up for final hearing.

2. Heard Mr. Shalin Mehta, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Arjun R. Sheth, learned advocate for the petitioner and Mr. Nilesh A. Pandya, learned advocate for the respondent No. 1-Vadodara Municipal Corporation (for short ‘VMC’).

3. Initially, when the petition was filed, the petitioner had prayed for the following relief:

“(a) Your Lordships may be pleased to admit present petition.

(b) Your Lordships may be pleased to issue appropriate writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction by quashing and setting aside the Resolution No. 06/2019-20 dated 27.05.2019 qua debarring the Petitioner for 10 years from work of VMC.

(c) Pending the admission and final hearing of the present Petition, your Lordships may be pleased to by way of interim relief restrain the respondents and their men, agents, servants and subordinates from implementing the Resolution No. 06/2019-20 dated 27.05.2019 qua debarring the Petitioner for 10 years from work of V