JAKIR ALI CONTRACTOR Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri Rahul Chaudhary for the petitioner, Shri Neeraj Upadhyaya, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel for State and Sri Sanjay Chaturvedi appearing for respondent Nos. 2 to 4.

(2.) THE petitioner who is a registered contractor, aggrieved by the conditions imposed by the respondents in the tender notice published in the Newspaper "Dainik Jagaran" dated 2.7.2011 has come up in the writ petition with the following reliefs:

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioner submits that the Division Bench of this Court in M/s Jal Akash v. State of U.P. and others, 2006(7) ADJ 37 (DB), has considered the condition of requiring deposit of 10% of the estimated cost and has held that not more than 2% cost of the contract amount can be demanded as earnest money. He submits that the present controversy is fully covered by the aforesaid judgment.