IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.35140 of 2025 Minakshi Swain …. Petitioner Mr. S. K. Nayak (2), Advocate -Versus-

State of Odisha and another …. Opposite Parties Mr. Debashis Tripathy, AGA CORAM:

HON’ BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN

ORDER

Order No. 19.01.2026

01. 1. The petitioner has challenged the order dated 1^st November, 2025 by which he was debarred / blacklisted from participating in future tender for a period of three successive years primarily on the ground that the said order is violative of principles of natural justice.

2. According to the petitioner, neither any show-cause notice was issued nor an opportunity of hearing was given and the authority surreptitiously issued the blacklisting / debarment order for a successive period of three years. The judgment of this Court rendered in Artatran Bhuyan v. State of Odisha & Ors. reported in 2025 (II) ILR-CUT-1042 is relied upon by learned counsel for the petitioner that there is no fetter on the part of the Court to reduce the period of debarment / blacklisting, if the default and/or violation of the terms and conditions of the contract is not so grievous.

3. We had an occasion to