BALLAMGARH COOPERATIVE LABOUR & CONSTRUCTION SOCIETY LTD AND OTHERS Vs. PUNJAB STATE POWER CORPORATION LIMITED AND OTHERS

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioners have challenged a notice inviting tenders issued by the respondents inviting e-tenders for the work of routine cleaning of station buildings at various levels for unit-I to VI including other related buildings and service building. The petitioners have not annexed the entire tender document.

(2.) The petitioners rely upon Clause-1 of the policy of the Government of Punjab dated 02.10.2014. It would, however, be necessary to also consider Clauses-4 and 5 during the course of this judgment. Clauses-1, 4 and 5 read as under:-

(3.) Mr. Sharma, the learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners, relies upon an earlier tender notice dated 22.12.2015 for the same work. He relies upon a reference therein to the said work as being unskilled work. Accordingly, he submits that the work covered by the present tender process is also unskilled work and, therefore, only societies such as the petitioners are entitled to be awarded the contract.