LAL MOHAN SINGH Vs. STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) PRESENT petitioner, through the instant Public Interest Litigation petition, prays for the following reliefs:

(2.) COUNSEL appearing for the petitioner submitted mainly that the work, in question, has been given to the respondent -Contractor without giving proper publication on the newspapers and the Notice Inviting Tender was published only in one local daily Hindi newspaper, namely, "Dainik Jagaran". This is the major objection and it is also submitted by the counsel for the petitioner that henceforth State may be directed, not to give such type of work of repairing or otherwise, without following the procedure laid down by the State.

(3.) SO far merit of the matter is concerned, it is submitted by the learned counsel for the State that in every matter, detailed counter -affidavit has been filed and it has been stated that there was a proper publication of Notice Inviting Tender in the local daily and the work was assigned in accordance with law. There is no misappropriation of any amount and the work has also been completed, as stated in the detailed counter -affidavit, which is pertaining to some repair work and minor construction work at various places. The total amount is approximately Rs.22,00,000/ - (Rupees Twenty Two Lacs). The work has been over before approximately twenty -four months in some cases and in some cases still earlier in point of time. Thus, sometimes urgency is also required to be seen, as stated by the counsel for the State and looking to the urgency, the procedure has been correctly followed by the State Government for the work to be done, as stated in the detailed counter -affidavit filed by the State.