IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.170 CWP-14193-2026 Date of decision : 12.05.2026 L. R. Y. Labour Contractor .…. Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI Present : Mr. Sunil Chadha, Senior Advocate, with Mr. J. S. Kaliraman, Advocate, for the petitioner.

Mr. Saurabh Kapoor, Addl. A. G., Punjab.

Mr. Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate, for respondents No. 2 to 4.

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DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral)

1. Through this petition challenge is made to the order dated 30.04.2026 through which the petitioner has been blacklisted from entering into contracts with the respondent-Market Committee, Ludhiana for a period of two years.

2. The penalty of debarment or as it is commonly referred to as blacklisting, results in civil death of an entrepreneur. It has a huge adverse impact on the person’s or entity’s reputation. Not only the present but also the future business prospects are adversely affected. Therefore, such penalty cannot be sustained if the imposition thereof is not preceded by a specific notice in this regard to the affected person or entity.

3. It is not disputed that in the prese