ORDER :

(Aravind Kumar, J.)

1. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has challenged the legality and validity of order passed by respondent authority dated 18.6.2022.

2. Brief facts leading to filing of present petition are that petitioner is a ISO 9001-2008, a certified company and is being represented by its authorized representative in the present proceedings and it has been contended that petitioner company has successfully completed several projects in the State of Gujarat without any complaints and it is a reputed company and an approved Vendor of Gujarat Water Supply and Sewerage Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘GWSSB’) and having registration from 22.10.2014, validity whereof is upto 31.12.2017, which was extended upto 31.12.2019 vide letter dated 24.1.2018, which was again extended upto 11.2.2022 vide letter dated 20.2.2019 and thereafter, it was extended upto 27.9.2024 vide letter dated 6.10.2021.

Petitioner was issued with various purchase orders from EPC Contractors for supply of various diameter of pipes. Petitioner was intimated by respondent the some of the samples failed as per report of CIPET. New samples from field were