CWP No.9339 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 9339 of 2011 Date of Decision: 25.5.2011 H.S.Engineers and Associates ....Petitioners. Versus State of Punjab and others CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. PRESENT: Mr. Ghulam Nabi Malik, advocate for the petitioner. Adarsh Kumar Goel, ACJ. This petition seeks a direction to allow the petitioner to participate in the tender process in response to tender notice Annexure P.1 dated 17.5.2011 issued by the Irrigation department of the State of Punjab. Grievance of the petitioner is that only persons close to the concerned Executive Engineer have been given a particular code through which tender could be submitted resulting in denial of opportunity to other eligible tenderers. The petitioner put forward his grievance by way of representation dated 20.5.2011, Annexure P.2 to the higher officer i.e. Superintendent Engineer, Drainage Circle, Amritsar on which no decision has been taken. 1 CWP No.9339 of 2011 Without expressing any opinion on merits, we direct respondent No.3 to take decision on the representation of the petitioner in accordance with law within one week from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that the tender process may not either be finalized till such decision is taken or if any decision has already been taken before the decision on the representation of the petitioner, the decision so taken will abide by the orders on the representation of the petitioner passed in pursuance of this order. The petition is disposed of. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Acting Chief Justice May 25, 2011 (Ajay Kumar Mittal) ‘gs’ Judge 2 CWP No.9339 of 2011 3