WP(C) 5630/2011 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE B D AGARWAL Heard Sri S N Sarma, learned Senior Counsel for the writ petitioner as well as S ri R K Bora, learned Government Counsel appearing on behalf of the State respond ents. The writ petitioner is challenging the short tender notice dated 14.10.2011, published in the Assam Tribune dated 17.10.2011 on various grounds. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that one of the requirement of the NIT is that the intending tenderers for supply of food-stuff for the zoo-ca ptives must possess a license from the Gauhati Municipal Corporation for supply of beef. According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, there is a statutory ban for slaughtering cows in Assam and as such, no license for supply of beef can be issued by the GMC. The impugned notice has also been challenged o n the ground that Clause 10 (d) requires a tenderer to pledge the immovable prop erties along with the tender. According to the learned counsel, this is an unrea sonable restriction on the tenderers. I find sufficient force in the submissions and those are accordingly accepted. During the course of hearing, Sri Bora, learned Government Couns el submitted that more than 65 tenders have already been received. However, as p er instructions, the tenders have not yet been opened. In view of the above, the writ petitioner is allowed to submit h is tender without any license from the Gauhati Municipal Corporation and also wi thout pledging any immovable property. The writ petitioner is allowed to submit his tender by 18.11.2011 without the aforesaid documents. Short date has been gi ven to submit the tender considering the fact that the existing lease would be e xpiring on 21.11.2011. With the aforesaid directions, this writ petition stands dispose d of. The Registry is directed to furnish a copy of this order to the learned Government Counsel