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2026 Supreme(Online)(Kar) 35180
IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU
Suraj Govindaraj, J
ASHRAYA ASSOCIATES – Appellant
Versus
THE STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
WP No. 31256 of 2025 | WRIT PETITION NO. 31256 OF 2025 (GM-TEN)
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Madhukar M D
For the Respondents: Saritha Kulkarni
A writ petition challenging the legality of a tender process becomes infructuous once the tender has already been allotted.
Headnote:The petitioner approached the court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, challenging the issuance of tender bearing No. SWD/2024-25/IND0305/CALL-4 and specifically seeking to declare Clause 3.18 of the said tender as illegal and void. The court noted the factual development regarding the status of the tender process. The primary issue was whether the tender issuance and its specific clause were void. The court observed that since the tender had already been allotted, the challenge to the process had become infructuous. Placing the said submission on record, the above petition stands disposed
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Digitally signed by SHWETHA RAGHAVENDRA Location: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA
THIS WP IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DECLARE THE ISSUANCE OF TENDER BEARING NO. SWD/2024-25/IND0305/CALL-4 (ANNEXURE-H) DATED 09.10.2025 AS ILLEGAL AND VOID AND ETC.
THIS PETITION, COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURAJ GOVINDARAJ
ORAL ORDER
1. Petitioner is before this Court seeking for the following reliefs:
a) declare the issuance of tender bearing No.SWD/2024-25/IND0305/CALL-4 (Annexure-H) dated 09.10.2025 as illegal and void;
b) the declare the Clause 3.18 of the tender bearing No.SWD/2024-25/IND0305/CALL-4 (Annexure-H) dated 09.10.2025 as null & void; and
c) Issue such other writ or order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and necessary in the circumstances of the case.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner on instruction submits that the tender has already been allotted rendering the above petition infructuous.
3. Placing the said submission on record, the above petition stands disposed
