HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6756 of 2010 19th April 2010 Between: M. Krishna … PETITIONER(S) and The Municipal Corporation of Guntur, rep. by its Commissioner, Guntur and another … RESPONDENT(S) HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6756 of 2010 ORDER: Heard Sri M.Janardhan Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri V.Ch.Naidu, learned Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent-Corporation. At their request the Writ Petition is being disposed of at the stage of admission. The petitioner is a physically handicapped who was given a contract to maintain public toilets, situated outside the premises of the Railway Station, Guntur, in the year 2003. He claims to have been maintaining the toilets ever since. While matters stood thus, in the year 2008 the first respondent intended to invite bids through public tender and, since no bid was received pursuant thereto, the petitioner was permitted to continue to maintain the toilets. A similar situation arose in the year 2009 resulting in the petitioner being continued in that year also. Apprehending that he will be thrown out on 31.03.2010 as the Corporation intended to hold auction for maintenance of toilets outside the premises of Railway Station, Guntur, the petitioner has invoked the jurisdiction of this Court. During the pendency of the Writ Petition, the auction scheduled to be held on 31.03.2010 was postponed. It is not known as to whether the Corporation has fixed a new date for holding auction. While Sri M.Janardhan Rao, learned counsel for the petitioner, would seek a direction from this Court to permit the petitioner, in view of his being physically handicapped, to continue to maintain the toilets in question without requiring him to participate in the tender process, no provision or rule which gives preference to a physically handicapped in such matters has been brought to the notice of this Court. I consider it appropriate, in such circumstances, to direct the respondents to permit the petitioner to maintain the toilets in question till auctions are held for maintenance of the said public toilets and the maintenance work is awarded to most eligible bidder in the said auction. The Writ Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. However, in the circumstances, without costs. _____________________________ RAMESH RANGANATHAN,J 19th April 2010 CVRK