TARLOK KUMAR MESS CONTRACTOR Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has sought a writ of certiorari to quash Eligibility Clause G in a notice inviting tenders (NIT) for running a hostel mess and facility shop for the Meritorious School at Jalandhar and the award of the tender to respondent Nos.4 and 5. Eligibility Clause G reads as follows:

(2.) Respondent No.2 runs a senior secondary residential school for meritorious students at Jalandhar. Respondent No.3 is the Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar. Respondent No.4-Tript Food and respondent No.5-Nav Prayas are private parties to whom the tender has been awarded.

(3.) Respondent No.3-Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, on behalf of the Project Director of the respondent No.2-Society for Promotion of Quality Education for Poor and Meritorious Students of Punjab, invited a short term tender for a hostel mess and facility shop.