WP(C) 2199/2009 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY Heard Mr. A M Mazumdar, learned senior counsel appearing for the 9 petitioners. Also heard Mr. P Roy, learned Govt. Advocate. The petitioners who submitted their offers for getting settlement of Balisatra b i-weekly market in response to the tender notice dated 28.4.2008 (Annexure A) is sued by the Nagaon Zila Parishad have approached this Court in view of the aband onment of the settlement process and issuing of a fresh sale notice dated 2.5.20 09 (Annexure B) issued by the Nagaon Zila Parishad inviting tenders for settleme nt of the market for the new Panchayat Year 2009-10 commencing from 1.7.2009. Mr. Mazumdar, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that in response to th e earlier sale notice dated 28.4.2009, they filed tenders with all their requisi te documents and also deposited earnest money and now even without a formal anno uncement of abandonment of the settlement process, the fresh sale notice has bee n issued notifying 16.6.2009 as the last date for receipt of the tender. It is submitted that the earnest money and the documents submitted by the petiti oners to file tender in response to the earlier tender notice are still in the c ustody of the Zila Parishad and unless these are returned, the petitioners would be handicapped from participating in fresh tender process. Mr. P Roy, learned Govt. Advocate submits that as the earlier settlement process was abandoned, there would be no difficulty for the Authorities to return the e arnest money and the documents of the petitioners. In view of above, this writ petition is disposed off on consent by permitting th e petitioners to approach the Nagaon Zilla Parishad to receive back their earnes t money and other documents. Within a week of the petitioners approaching the Au thorities of the Zila Parishad, the Zila Parishad would take steps to return the papers and the earnest money of the petitioner submitted earlier in response of the previous tender notice dated 28.8.2008. This disposes off the writ petition.