HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION No.6325 OF 2010 ORDER: This Writ Petition is filed questioning the order of cancellation of the contract bearing Roc.No.A4/766/EE-II/2009 dated 07.02.2010 and to declare the same as illegal and unjust. The petitioner is registered as a Class IV contractor with Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam. The second respondent floated a short tender bearing IFB No.36/SE-I/TTD/TPT/2009-10 on 15.09.2009, through the e-procurement portal of Government of Andhra Pradesh, for supply of auditorium chairs to Annamacharya Kalamandiram at Tirupathi. The estimated cost of the tender was Rs.16,60,230/-. The petitioner’s bid was found to be the lowest and, accordingly, an agreement was entered into with him. The agreement required the petitioner to supply the chairs in question within a period of one month. On the ground that the petitioner had failed to supply the said chairs within the stipulated time, the second respondent, vide proceedings dated 07.02.2010, cancelled the contract; forfeited the deposit amount, paid by the petitioner as per clause 60(a) of the Preliminary Specifications of Andhra Pradesh Detailed Standard Specifications (A.P.D.S.S); and removed his name from the list of TTD contractors for a period of one year. Questioning the said order of cancellation of the contract, the petitioner has filed the present writ petition. It is not in dispute that the contract in question is not a statutory contract. The appropriate forum for adjudication of non- statutory contractual disputes is the Civil Court of competent jurisdiction. The petitioner seeks enforcement of the conditions of contract which this Court, in proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, would not, ordinarily, entertain. I see no reason to exercise discretion under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to entertain a writ petition seeking enforcement of contractual obligations. Leaving it open to the petitioner to avail the alternative remedies available to them in law, if need be, by way of a civil suit before the competent Civil Court, the Writ Petition is dismissed. No order as to costs. RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J Date:26.03.2010 usd