IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 21ST DAY OF FEBRUARY 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.27883 OF 2018 & WRIT PETITION NOS.28029-28033 OF 2018 (GM-TEN) BETWEEN:
1. M. NATESH S/O. LATE SRI. P.V. MURUGAPPA AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS PROPRIETOR, ‘BHUMIKA ENTERPRISES NO.633, ‘A’ MAIN ROAD I BLOCK, RAMAKRISHNA NAGAR MYSURU-570 022.
2. JAYARAM SHETTY S/O. LATE NANDJAPPA SHETTY AGED ABOUT 49 YEARS PROPRIETOR, ‘KUSUMA ELECTRICALS’ NO.2, 1ST MAIN, SARASWATHI PURAM NANDINI LAYOUT BENGALURU-560 096.
3. M.P. VIJAYAKUMAR S/O. LATE PUTTASWAMY AGED ABOUT 43 YEARS PROPRIETOR, ‘INCHARA ELECTRICALS’ NO.26/8, INDUSTRIAL SUBURB OCEAN APARTMENT, FLAT NO.3 24TH MAIN, 2ND STAGE, J.P.NAGAR MYSORE-578 002.
4. MOKTHAN AHMED S/O. LATE ABDUL HAFIZ AGED ABOUT 70 YEARS PROPRIETOR, ‘RADIANT ELECTRICALS’ NO.8, 1ST CROSS, N.R.MOHALLA MYSURU-570 007.
5. SYED SAMEE S/O. LATE SYED SHAFI AGED ABOUT 35 YEARS PROPRIETOR, ‘K.G.N LUCKY ELECTRICALS’ NO.15, 1ST CROSS, A.G.BLOCK N.R.MOHALLA MYSURU-570 007 6. S. KUMAR S/O. LATE SHIVANNA AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS PROPRIETOR, ‘MAMATHA ENTERPRISES’ NO.1643, 2ND CROSS, UPPINKERI MANDI MOHALLA MYSURU-578 003. ... PETITIONERS (BY SRI PRASHANTH CHANDRA S.N., ADV.- ABSENT) AND:
1. THE MYSURU CITY CORPORATION REPRESENTED BY ITS COMMISSIONER NEXT TO BANUMAIAN COLLEGE SAYYAJI RAO ROAD, AGRAHARA CHAMARAJAPURA, MYSURU KARNATAKA-570 024 2. DIRECTORATE OF MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION AMBEDKAR ROAD, 9TH AND 10TH FLOOR VISHVESHWARAIAH TOWER SAMPANGI RAM NAGAR BENGALURU, KARNATAKA-560 001.
3. STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS PRL. SECRETARY URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT VIKASA SOUDHA AMBEDKAR ROAD BENGALURU KARNATAKA-560 001. ... RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. VIJAY KUMAR A. PATIL, A.G.A.) THESE WRIT PETITIONS ARE FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO QUASH THE NOTIFICATION DATED 17.03.2018 ISSUED BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT VIDE ANNEXURE-C.
THESE WRIT PETITIONS COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R None appear for the petitioners.
Sri Vijaykumar A. Patil, learned Additional Government Advocate, for respondent Nos.1 to 3.
2. In these petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners inter alia have assailed the validity of the tender notification dated 17.03.2018, by which tenders were invited for operation and maintenance of various types of street light across Mysuru City Corporation for a period of one year.
3. These writ petitions are pending before this Court since 2018 in which, no interim order has been passed. It is submitted by the learned Additional Government Advocate that the petitioners have not taken effective steps to serve the competent authority of the Mysuru City Corporation, who had issued the tender notification and the period for which the tender was called is going to expire on 16.03.2019. Therefore, nothing survives for adjudication in these writ petitions.
Accordingly, the writ petitions are dismissed as infructuous.
Sd/- JUDGE ST