IVRCL LIMITED Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN AND ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition has been filed by petitioner M/s. IVRCL Limited challenging show -cause notice dated 15.12.2014, debarment order dated 26.12.2014 and subsequent debarment/suspension order dated 06.02.2015.

(2.) SHRI G.K. Garg, learned senior counsel for petitioner -company, has submitted that the respondent No. 4 issued a notice -inviting -tender bearing No. 1/2012 -13 for execution of work of transmission main pipeline from Mallah (Bharatpur) to Kumher, Deeg, Kaman, Pahari and Nagar, and RWSS for 97 villages from Mallah Head works under Chambal Dholpur, Bharatpur Project Part -II Package -1 with operation and maintenance for ten years on single point responsibility turnkey basis. In response thereto, petitioner -company submitted its tender for the said work and its bid, being lowest, was accepted and work order was issued to it on 13.09.2012. A formal agreement between the parties was entered on 21.09.2014. As per work order, the date of commencement of work was 23.09.2012 and it was to be completed by 22.03.2015 followed by ten years of operation and maintenance part after completion of defect liability period.

(3.) LEARNED Senior Counsel for the petitioner -company has submitted that the petitioner -company is carrying out work on nine other major projects of the respondent department and that debarment of the petitioner -company may affect the work of the petitioner -company of those such other works of the respondent department and elsewhere in the country it may adversely affect the petitioner -company.