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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Amit Bansal, J
Rajender Kumar Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Municipal Corporation Of Delhi – Respondent
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| 1. establishing the factual background of the contractor dispute. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. contention regarding procedural fairness and notice in blacklisting. (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 7 , 8) |
| 3. blacklisting requires explicit prior notice and procedural compliance. (Para 6 , 9 , 10 , 11) |
| 4. formal order setting aside the arbitrary blacklisting action. (Para 12 , 13 , 14) |
AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral)
1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking quashing and setting aside the debarment order bearing no. AO(Engg.)-II/G-IV/Cont./2025/D-156 dated 16th April, 2025 (hereinafter ‘impugned order’) issued by the respondents as being arbitrary, illegal, and violative of the ‘ Rules for Enlistment of Contractor in MCD-2024 ’ (hereinafter ‘Enlistment Rules’) as well as against the principles of natural justice. By way of the impugned order, the petitioner has been blacklisted from participating in the bids/ e-tendering processes of MCD for a period of one year.
2. Briefly stated, the relevant facts for deciding the present writ petition are as follows:
2.1. The petitioner is a contractor and was first enlisted with MCD as a Class-V Contractor in the year 1972. Since then, the petitioner’s enlistme
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