JUDGMENT :

The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the Office Order as contained in memo no. 2274 dated 04.11.2020 (Annexure-11 to the writ petition) issued under the signature of the respondent no. 2 – the Inspector General of Prison, Government of Jharkhand, Department of Home, Prison & Disaster Management, Ranchi, whereby the petitioner has been blacklisted for five years. Further prayer has been made for quashing letter no. 964 dated 05.11.2020 (Annexure-11/1 to the writ petition) issued by the respondent no. 4 – the Superintendent of Jail, Divisional Jail, Lohardaga, whereby in pursuance of the said office order, the petitioner has been debarred from supplying any food material in the Divisional Jail, Lohardaga with immediate effect against the work allotted to it for the fourth quarterly period of contract i.e., 01.10.2020 to 31.12.2020.

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had participated in the tender floated by the respondent no. 4 and being the L-1 bidder, it was allotted the work of supplying food materials at Lohardaga Jail as an annual contract for a period from 01.04.2019 to 31.03.2020. The petitioner duly supplied the foodmat