A.F.R Reserved On: 17.11.2025 Delivered On: 10.04.2026 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - C No. - 37749 of 2019 Vinay Kumar Singh .....Petitioner(s)

Versus State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Respondent(s)

Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Abhishek Bhushan, Adarsh Bhushan, Jai Singh Parihar, Sri S.P. Singh (Sr.Adv.)

Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C.

Court No. - 40 HON'BLE SARAL SRIVASTAVA, J.

HON'BLE SUDHANSHU CHAUHAN, J.

(Delivered by Hon'ble Sudhanshu Chauhan,J.

1. Heard Shri Shashi Nandan, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Shri Jai Singh Parihar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Kartikeya Saran, learned Additional Advocate General assisted by Shri Rajeshwar Tripathi, learned Chief Standing Counsel II and Shri Sandeep Kumar Singh, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for respondents.

2. The controversy involved in the present writ petition is that the District Magistrate, Banda-respondent no.4 had issued an e-tender cum e-auction notice dated 16.02.2018 inviting bids for excavating 5,00,000 cubic meters of sand/morum over an area of 25 hectares comprised in part of Khasra No.5 and part of Khasra No.9 in Village- Bilharka, Tehsil-

Narayani, District- Banda.

3. The bid made