KEW CONSTRUCTION PRIVATE LTD. Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ALL these cases arise out of a common Notice Inviting Tender (NIT for short) No. 02/2002 -03 issued by the Executive Engineer, Suber -narekha Canal Division, Ghatshila. The NIT No. 02/2002 -03 was published in newspaper "PRABHAT KHABAR" on 27th September, 2002 for several earth filling and Check Dam (C.D.) construction works of Chandil left main Canal. The Group No. 1 related to earth filling between 78.598 K.M. to 80.45 k.m. and C.D. construction works at 80.39 k.m. The Group No. 2 for earth filling between 80.45 k.m. to 83.99 k.m. and C.D. works at 81.13 k.m. & 81.55 k.m.

(2.) ALL the three writ petitions being confined to aforesaid four Groups, it is not necessary to discuss the rest of the works such as Group Nos. 5, 6 and 7.

(3.) CURIOUSLY , the contesting respondents of the respective writ petitions and the corresponding petitioners, all of them, and some others quoted same rate i.e. 15% below the estimated cost. Thereafter, the work orders having issued in favour of some of the contesting respondents, the petitioners challenged the decision of the Tender Committee dated 14th December, 2002, with further prayer to command the respondents to produce the consequential work orders and to quash them.