JUDGMENT :

1. In this Petition, the Petitioner has prayed for the grant of following relief(s) in his favour :

“(i) Issue a Writ of Certiorari and quash Order No. 53-JKMSCL of 2021 dated 08.02.2021 passed by Respondent No.2 cancelling the contract allotted in favour of the Petitioner abinitio;

(ii) Issue a Writ of Certiorari and quash Order No. 69 JKMSCL of 2021 dated 06.04.2021 in terms of which the Petitioner’s firm stands blacklisted for a period of 02 years for participating and competing in any of the tendering process to be initiated by the Respondents in future;

(iii) Directions are sought declaring Condition No.2 of the Policy framed by the Respondents for black-listing/ debarring of product or Company that stands invoked in respect of the case of the Petitioner declaring it as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional with a consequential direction in the form of Writ of Mandamus commanding the Respondents to allow the Petitioner to participate in future tendering process initiated by the Respondent Corporation; and

(iv) Any other Writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble court may deem fit and proper also be issued in favour of the Petitioner and against the Respondents.”

2. Th