ORAL JUDGMENT

(Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P. B. BAJANTHRI)

Date : 21-03-2023 Heard learned counsels for respective parties.

2. Gist of the case is as follows:-

On 10.10.2022 Notice Inviting Tender No. 16/2022-23 pertaining to "Renovation Work of Shivpuri Reservoir". On 30th July, 2022, Irrigation, Gaya Division by Invitation Letter No. 13/2021-22, Group-2, 3, 4 and vide Invitation Letter No. 14/2021-22, Group-2, Complaint Letter No. 1728 dated 28.07.2022 Technical Bid was analyzed and meeting was held on 29.07.2022. Thereafter a decision was taken on 30th July, 2022. Thereafter, on 07.12.2022 Technical Bid proceedings were undertaken for the second time. Further on 09.09.2021 petitioner is alleged to have tampered Madhubani Letter No. 969. Value of the work done is alleged to have been tampered by the petitioner. On this issue, a meeting was convened on 27.09.2022 and notice was issued to the petitioner on 11.10.2022. Nand Kishore Vs. State of Bihar filed C.W.J.C. No. 14260 of 2022. There was an interim direction 'No coercive action shall be taken against the petitioner'. The Chief Engineer, MWRD, Patna issued a notice on 05.12.2022 insofar as debarring the petitioner and proposal for blacklisting. Thus, on 07.02.2023, Chief Engineer proceeded to blacklist the petitioner. Thereafter F.I.R. was also stated to have been registered on 17.02.2023 and on 20th February, 2023 petitioner was blacklisted. Hence, the present petition.

3. In the instant petition, petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:-

"1. That this is an application on behalf of the petitioner above named seeking issuance of appropriate writ, rule or direction for;

(i) Quashing of the decision of the Technical Bid Evaluation Committee dated 07.12.2022 in connection with Tender No. 27367 whereby, the Technical Bid of the Petitioner has been held to be no responsive merely on the ground that on an earlier occasion the Petitioner had annexed a forged document in connection with some other tender.

(ii) Restraining the Respondents from finalizing/ creating third party rights in connection with Tender ID NO. 27367 pursuant to the decision of the Technical Bid Evaluation Committee dated 07.12.2022 during the pendency of the writ application without the leave of this Hon'ble Court."

4. On 14.03.2023 following order was passed:-

" Prima facie, petitioner has made out a case in so far as rejection of his technical bid. Reasons quoted for rejection of technical bid is not in consonance with the conditions stipulated in the tender notification, particularly, item nos. 22, 35 and 37, which read as under:-

"22. ननिनविददाकदारोሲ ददारदा ननिनविददा

कदागजदातोሲ कक सदाथ ससंलग्नि सभभी कदागजदातोሲ कभी सत्यतदा कक सम्बन्ध मेሰ घघोषण प्ቔ / शपथ प्ቔ (जघो ननिनविददा ससूचनिदा ्ቚकदाशनि कक बदाद कदा हघो ) मसूल मेሰ नदनिाሪक 10.11.2022 कघो समय 05:00 बजक अपराहन तक ससंबनसंधत ्ቚमण्डल कदाय቟ኋलय मेሰ ननि्ቖवित रूप सक जमदा करनिदा

अननिविदाय्቟ हघोगदा-

I, the undersigned, do thereby certify that all statement made in the require attachedments are true and correct, and if found fake/ forget, the undersigned will be liable for infliction upon the F.I.R. and lawful punishment as well as black listing."

"Certified that statement showing values of all existing commitment and ongoing works as well as stipulated period of completion remained for each work attached with the tender is true and no fact has been hidden."

35. इस ननिनविददा मेሰ विवसक हभी

ननिनविददाकदारोሲ कक ननिनविददा पर नविचदार नकयदा

जदायकगदा, जघो नकसभी भभी नविभदाग सकBlacklisted/ Debarred निहीሻ हघो एवि सं उनिकक स्तर पर लघघ जल ससंसदाधनि नविभदाग ददारदा आविनटित कघोई कदाय्቟, कदाय्቟ समदानपत कभी अविनध तक लसंनबत निहीሻ हव।

कदाय्቟ समदानपत कभी अविनध तक कदाय्቟ लसंनबत अथविदा शतत् ्ቚनतशतत् पसूण्቟ निहीሻ रहनि क पर उनिकक ननिनविददा कघो अमदान्य कर नदयदा जदायकगदा एवि सं इस हकतघ ससंविकदक ददारदा नकयदा गयदा ददाविदा मदान्य निहीሻ हघोगदा।

37. ससंविकदक कघो कदाय्቟ कक ददौरदानि

नविभदागभीय पददानधकदानरयोሲ एवि सं अन्य कम्቟चदानरयोሲ कक सदाथ सचनर्ቔतदा एवि सं सदव्यविहदानरकतदा सक ससंबनसंधत शपथ प्ቔ मसूल मेሰ सलसं ग्नि क