Dhiraj Singh Thakur, J.

1. This Letters Patent Appear has been preferred against the judgment and order dated 18.5.2017 passed by the writ court in OWP No. 637/2017 whereby the writ petition filed by the petitioner/respondent No. 4 herein, has been allowed. Briefly stated the material facts are as under:

2. The Jammu Development Authority (for short, 'JDA') issued e-tender notice vide e-NIT No. JDA/II/e-NIT/2015-16/56 dated 16.9.2016, inviting bids for a parking lot at Maheshpura Chowk Near K.C. Theater, Jammu from eligible contractors and firms. Petitioner/respondent No. 4 being eligible applied for the same and was found to be the highest bidder at Rs. 3,56,250/-. The said amount appears to have been deposited by the petitioner, based whereupon, an allotment was made in favour of the petitioner w.e.f., 14.12.2016 to 13.12.2017 for a period of one year. Physical possession of the parking lot, however, was not handed over to the petitioner, which forced the petitioner to file a writ petition bearing OWP No. 637/2017, seeking a writ of mandamus to the respondents to handover the possession of the parking lot in question.

3. The above said writ petition was allowed by virtue o