Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Mar 2: High Court dismissed the plea challenging the tendering process by Air Force Authority for allotment of shops and other services at Air Force Station Srinagar by recording that there is no discrimination in tendering notice.
Justice Sanjay Dhar said the aggrieved persons have leveled allegations of mala fides against the Air Force Authority’s action of retendering of shops yet no specific instances have been spelled out by the to show that such action of the authorities has resulted in any favouritism.
In fact, as per the aggrieved persons own case, they have been participating in the tendering process from time to time and upon their emergence as successful tenderers, agreements have been renewed in their favour from time to time and under the impugned tender notice, they have not been barred from participation and they were free to participate in the said tendering process.
“Thus the petitioners have not been discriminated in any manner by issuance of the impugned tender notice. For the foregoing reasons, I do not find any merit in this writ petition and the same is, accordingly, dismissed. Interim order, if any, shall cease to be in operation”, Justice Dhar concluded.
The tender notice as also the policy which was framed in 1988 for retendering process was challenged by the aggrieved with the prayer that they be permitted to conduct the business in their respective shops without any interference Air Force Authorities be restrained from charging any enhanced rent and that no further tender notice in respect of those shops should be issued.
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