IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM PRESENT : THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE P.N.RAVINDRAN MONDAY, THE 26TH OCTOBER 2009 / 4TH KARTHIKA 1931 WP(C).No. 29914 of 2009(H) -------------------------- PETITIONER: --------------- SOMAN, S/O.GOPALAN, SARADAS, PRODUCER, SWARAJ CINEMA, KATTAKKADA, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM. BY ADV. SRI.R.GOPAN RESPONDENTS: --------------- 1. THE CHAIRMAN, COIR BOARD OF INDIA, PALLIMUKKU, COCHIN. 2. THE SECRETARY, COIR BOARD OF INDIA, PALLIMUKKU, COCHIN. 3. THE PUBLICITY OFFICER, COIR BOARD OF INDIA, PALLIMUKKU, COCHIN. ADV.SRI.T.P.M. IBRAHIM KHAN, ASG. THIS WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) HAVING BEEN FINALLY HEARD ON 26/10/2009, THE COURT ON THE SAME DAY DELIVERED THE FOLLOWING: W.P.(C) NO.29914/2009 APPENDIX PETITIONER'S EXTS: EXT.P1: COPY OF THE TENDER NOTICE PUBLISHED BY THE SECRETARY, COIR BOARD IN MALAYALAM MANORAMA DAILY DT.18.9.2009. EXT.P2: COPY OF THE QUOTATION NOTICE NO.CB/PUB/2009-10/4/1 DATED 18.9.2009 ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY, COIR BOARD. //TRUE COPY// PA TO JUDGE P.N.RAVINDRAN, J. ------------------------------ W.P.(C). No. 29914 OF 2009 ------------------------------- Dated this the 26th day of October, 2009 J U D G M E N T ~~~~~~~~~~~ Heard Sri. R. Gopan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and Sri. T.P.M.Ibrahim Khan, learned counsel appearing for the respondents. 2. The petitioner is the producer of Malayalam movies and advertisement films. The Coir Board invited tenders by a tender notice published in the Malayala Manorama daily dated 17.9.2009 for producing an advertisement film. The proposal was to be submitted before 3.p.m. on 10.10.2009. The grievance voiced by the petitioner is that 10.10.2009 was a second Saturday and a public holiday and therefore, he could not submit his tender though he had gone over to the office of the Coir Board at Cochin. The petitioner submits that since the last day was a public holiday the tender submitted by him on the next working day, namely 12.10.2009, ought to have been accepted. 3. Sri. T.P.M. Ibrahim Khan, learned counsel appearing for the respondents, submits that since 10.10.2009 was a holiday for the office of the Coir Board, the date was extended up to 12.10.2009 by publishing a notice in the website of the Board. It W.P(C) No.29914/2009 2 is, however, conceded that the time for submission of tenders was 9.30 a.m. on 12.10.2009. He also concedes that such a notice was not published in the print media. He further submits that, in view of the peculiar facts of this case, if the petitioner submits his tender before 3.p.m. tomorrow (27.10.2009), his tender will also be considered and evaluated along with the tenders submitted by others. 4. In the light of the said submission, I dispose of this writ petition with the direction that in the event of the petitioner submitting a tender before 3.p.m. on 27.10.2009 to the tendering authority, his tender shall be received and evaluated along with the other tenders received by the tendering authority. The interim order passed by me on 22.10.2009 shall stand recalled. (P.N.RAVINDRAN, JUDGE) ps