Civil Writ Petition No.21528 of 2010 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.21528 of 2010 Date of decision: 3.12.2010 M/s Combined Petrochem ...Petitioner Versus Union of India and others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ADARSH KUMAR GOEL HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL Present: Mr. Sandeep Arora, Advocate for the petitioner. **** ADARSH KUMAR GOEL, J ( Oral) This petition seeks quashing of award of contract of construction work of the approximate value of ` 4 crores by the Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala to respondent No.5-M/s Raj Kumar Gupta, Ghaziabad (UP). Case of the petitioner is that in pursuance of tender notice dated 24.8.2010 (Annexure P-2) for the construction work of the approximate value of ` 4 crores, it gave its bid and even though its tender was lowest, respondent no.5 was awarded contract causing loss of more than ` 10 lacs to the exchequer. The petitioner made representation to the General Manager, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala alleging that contract has been awarded for extraneous consideration on which no decision was being taken thereon. Civil Writ Petition No.21528 of 2010 -2- **** Without expressing any opinion on merits, we direct respondent no.3-General Manager, Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala to take a decision on the representation of the petitioner dated 23.11.2010 (Annexure P-6) in accordance with law, within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The petition is disposed of accordingly. (Adarsh Kumar Goel) Judge December 03,2010 (Ajay Kumar Mittal) Pka Judge