IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE, ANDHRA PRADESH AT HYDERABAD (Special Original Jurisdiction) WEDNESDAY, THE TWENTY FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER TWO THOUSAND AND NINE PRESENT HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETITION No.5949 of 2009 Between: S.Babu Reddy. … Petitioner And A.P.S.R.T.C., represented by its Work Manager. … Respondent This Court made the following: HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA WRIT PETTION No.5949 of 2009 ORDER: - This writ petition is filed by the petitioner seeking a writ of Mandamus, setting aside the auction No.ZWS2/122(03)/2009-UPL, dated 03.03.2009, conducted on 17.03.2009, by the respondent, with a consequential direction to re-conduct the Tender auction among those who have submitted the correct demand drafts including the petitioner by declaring the petitioner as a legal bidder and award damages, compensation if any as per the circumstances. 2. The petitioner is a Contractor attending to the works of A.P.S.R.T.C. He sent an application as per the tender notification dated 03.03.2009 for the maintenance of garden, Lawns, Lands and open area in the entire premises of A.P.S.R.T.C.Complex, Uppal. In stead of allotting the work to those who have sent applications pursuant to the notification, the respondent authorities have accepted the tenders of some of the bidders who had not even submitted their demand drafts. Then the petitioner approached this Court and filed the present writ petition. 3. This Court while granting interim stay of all further proceedings pursuant to the said tender notification directed the petitioner to implead the auction purchaser in whose favour the work has been allotted. Accordingly, the petitioner filed W.P.M.P.No.20955 of 2009 and the same was ordered by this Court. 4. According to the learned Standing Counsel for the respondents, in view of the said interim orders passed by this court, the maintenance work has been taken up by the Corporation itself and the corporation is finding it difficult to maintain the same and hence it has no objection to cancel the earlier tenders and go in for fresh tenders, as the prayer of the petitioner also is to cancel the earlier tenders and issue fresh notification. 5. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed and the earlier acceptance of the tenders are hereby set aside and the respondent corporation is hereby directed to issue fresh notification calling for tenders for maintenance of gardens, lawns, lands and open area in the entire premises of A.P.S.R.T.C. Complex. No order as to costs. _____________________________ (GOPALA KRISHNA TAMADA, J 25th November 2009 lmv