IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No 14489 of 2007 BHARAT NAV NIRMAN CHETNA VIKAS SANSTHAN NARAULI Versus THE STATE OF BIHAR & ORS *** For the petitioner : M/s Abhay Kumar Thakur, Sanjay Kumar, Advocates For the BSEB : Mr Vinay Kirti Singh, Advocate For the S t a t e : Mr S C XXI *** 5 29.07.2008 The petitioner had responded to a tender invited by the Bihar State Electricity Board for appointment as franchise under a Scheme known as Rajive Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojna. It alleges that it had satisfied all conditions. One of the conditions of eligibility to apply was that the NGO and such other organization who are actively involved during last three years in any social upliftment programme and have proven credibility as certified by District Magistrate or Deputy Commissioner/District Electricity Department. It is not in dispute that the petitioner did not submit such a certificate though he was an NGO. The contention of petitioner is that he applied for the same but cannot get the same in time and the same is still pending though the tender is issued in the year 2006. The Board had issued such NITs for franchise appointments at various places. On a review of the matter, it was found that in certain areas, the matter of finalization was getting delayed beyond reasonable limit for one reason or the other. They took a decision to cancel all NITs which had not been finalized and 2 readversised. This primarily is the decision which is under challenge. In my view, the petitioner was aware of this eligibility condition when the NIT was issued in the year 2006. As late as in the middle of 2007, he still is requesting the authorities for time to produce the same. Authorities, considering the delay in the matter, has scrapped the NIT. No case for interference is made out. Writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed. M.E.H./ (Navaniti Prasad Singh)