HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF ANDHRA PRADESH THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE A.GOPAL REDDY WRIT PETITION NO. 13880 OF 2011 Wednesday, the Fourth Day of May, Two Thousand and Eleven Between P. Baghwan Rao Petitioner AND The Ramagundam Municipality, Karimnagar District, Rep. by its Commissioner and another Respondents ORDER: This writ petition is filed questioning the tender notification dated 20.4.2011 issued by the first respondent Municipality inviting tenders for various items of work before 27.4.2011. It is contended by the petitioner that the first respondent issued a e-procurement notification calling tenders for execution of the works set out in the said notification among others viz., construction of open drains in Ayodhya Nagar in Ramagundam (Reach-I), construction of open drains in Ayodhya Nagar in Ramagundam (Reach-II), construction of open drains in Ayodhya Nagar in Ramagundam (Reach-III) and construction of open drains from existing drain near school to main road culvert in Indiranagar, Ramagundam. The petitioner submitted tenders in respect of the said four works and received acknowledgement and the first respondent short-listed the contractors, in which, the petitioner’s name was also shown as a contractor. While so, a fresh notification was issued without disclosing the earlier e-tender procurement notification and the said notification was not published in print or electronic media calling for the applications. Therefore, the same is liable to be quashed. Since the petitioner is also entitled to participate in the tender process and submit tenders in response to the notification, this Court does not see any ground to stay the tender process. Consequently, the writ petition fails and is accordingly dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. ___________________ A.GOPAL REDDY, J. 04-05-2011 MAS/SJ