Sujit Narayan Prasad, ACJ

1. The instant petition, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, is directed against order dated 19.07.2024 issued under the Signature of Deputy Administrator, Ranchi Municipal Corporation, by which, the petitioner has been debarred for a period of one year.

2. The brief facts of the case, as per the pleading made in the writ petition, reads as under:

3. Notice inviting tender being e-tender 3375 dated 2^nd July, 2022 was published for supply of certain medicines.

The petitioner participated in the tender and was declared successful. Pursuant thereto, the petitioner entered into an on 15th April, 2023 for supply of number of medicines for a period of two years.

4. Thereafter, supply order dated 21.04.2023 was issued to the petitioner directing him to supply a list of medicines, which the petitioners supplied. But vide letter dated 28.10.2023 the petitioner was informed that certain medicines were not in accordance with the specifications and were found to be spoilt, as such he was asked to submit clarification and replace the medicines.

5. It has been submitted that petitioner took immediate steps and replaced the medicines which were found to be spoiled.