JUDGEMENT
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(1.)Leave granted.
(2.)Present appeals raise an interesting question of law pertaining to
the form and content of show cause notice, that is required to be served,
before deciding as to whether the noticee is to be blacklisted or not. We
may point out at the outset that there is no quarrel between the parties on
the proposition that it is a mandatory requirement to give such a show
cause notice before black listing. It is also undisputed that in the
present case the show cause notice which was given for alleged failure on
the part of the appellant herein to commence/ execute the work that was
awarded to the appellant, did not specifically propose the action of
blacklisting the appellant firm. The question is as to whether it is a
mandatory requirement that there has to be a stipulation contained in the
show cause notice that action of blacklisting is proposed If yes, is it
permissible to discern it from the reading of impugned show cause notice,
even when not specifically mentioned, that the appellant understood that it
was about the proposed action of blacklisting that could be taken against
him
(3.)The factual narration, leading to the impugned action viz. of
blacklisting the appellant firm does not require much elaboration. Stating
the following events would serve the purpose of addressing the issue at
hand.