1 wp-1089-11.sxw dgm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1089 OF 2011 Pramod Fulchand Jategaonkar .... Petitioner vs 1 The State of Maharashtra & anr. .... Respondents Mr. Kishor S. Patil for the petitioner. Mr. C.R. Sonavane, AGP for respondents/State. CORAM: DR.D.Y.CHANDRACHUD & ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : February 02, 2011 P.C.: The grievance of the Petitioner relates to the tenders which have been invited by the Social Welfare Department of the State Government for the supply of furniture and fixtures. According to the Petitioner, there is a Government Resolution issued on 6 August 2010 setting out the procedure to be followed for inviting bids and one of the conditions is that the process of e-tendering should be followed. The contention of the Petitioner is that bids were invited without following the procedure prescribed in the Government Resolution dated 6 August 2010 and the advertisement was issued in a 2 wp-1089-11.sxw newspaper which has a comparatively small circulation. As a result, it is contended that interest of bidders have not been able to subscribe to the offer. 2 The Petitioner has submitted a representation on 27 January 2011 to the Chief Secretary of the State Government. At this stage, counsel appearing for the Petitioner seeks a direction to the effect that the representation may be disposed of. We, accordingly, dispose of this Writ Petition by requesting the Chief Secretary of the State to dispose of the representation dated 27 January 2011 preferably within a period of four weeks from the date on which a copy of this order is produced before him. Until the Chief Secretary takes a final decision, we direct that for a period of four weeks from today, no final decision shall be taken in regard to the award of the contract under the subject tender. 3 The Petition is accordingly disposed of in the above terms. There shall be no order as to costs. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (DR.D. Y. CHANDRACHUD,J.)