HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.5953 of 2003 (O&M) Date of Decision: 20.10.2011 **** G-CAD Technologies Ltd. . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? **** Present: Mr. Vishal Garg, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Sudeepti Sharma, DAG Punjab Mr. Deepak Sibal, Advocate for respondents No.2,3&6 **** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) (1). The petitioner seeks quashing of the decision taken by Syndicate of the Panjab University on 29.10.2003 whereby the agreement dated 12.04.2001 entered into with the petitioner-Company as collaborator for setting up the Institute of Information & Technology in the name of the “Maharaja Ranjit Singh Institute of Information & Technology”, has been cancelled. (2). It is indeed not disputed that the tenure of the agreement dated 12.04.2001 was valid for a period of six years w.e.f. 15.04.2001 as per the following clause of the said agreement :- cwp no.5953 of 2003.doc - 2 – “TENURE OF THE AGREEMENT: The agreement will be valid for six years (say, starting w.e.f. 15.04.2001 and ending on 14.4.2007 or end of the academic session of 2007, which so ever is later), in the first instance extendable for further tenure on renegotiated terms.” (3). It is also an admitted fact that pursuant to the ad interim stay against cancellation of the agreement dated 12.04.2001 granted by this Court, the petitioner-company was allowed to run the Institute as per the agreement. (4). Since the six years’ tenure of the agreement commencing w.e.f. 15.04.2001 now stands expired, the agreement itself has outlived its validity rendering the writ petition infructuous. (5). Ordered accordingly. (6). As regards the payments to which the petitioner is entitled to, counsel for the respondent-University states that the same shall be released as and when the petitioner approaches the University authorities. (7). The writ petition stands disposed of. 20.10.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge