IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 22ND DAY OF MARCH, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO. 24122/2013 (GM-TEN) BETWEEN:
NEERAVARI ILAKE GUTHIGEDARARA SANGHA (R) DIVISION NO.4 BRL.BC, KARNATAKA IRRIGATION CORPORATION LIMITED, MILITARY CAMP, BHADRAVATHI CITY, SHIMOGA DISTRICT, REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT G.M.JAGADISH.
(BY SRI. S V PRAKASH, ADV.) AND 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA REPRESENTED BY ITS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF MAJOR IRRIGATION, VIKASA SOUDHA, DR.AMBEDKAR VEEDHI, BANGALORE-1.
2. KARNATAKA IRRIGATION CORPORATION LIMITED NO.1, 4TH FLOOR COFFEE BOARD BUILDING, DR. AMBEDKAR VEEDHI BANGALORE-1, REPRESENTED BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR.
... PETITIONER 3. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, UPPER THUNGA PROJECT, CIRCLE-1, SAGAR ROAD, SHIMOGA CITY 577 201.
4. THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER KARNATAKA IRRIGATION CORPORATION LIMITED, NO.4 DIVISION, BHADRAVATHI MILITARY CAMP, BHADRAVATHI.
(BY MS. NILOUFER AKBAR, AGA FOR R1 & R3 SRI. RAMACHANDRAN, ADV. FOR SRI. M.R.C. RAVI, ADV. FOR R2 & R4) ... RESPONDENTS THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO DECLARE THAT ISSUING OF PACKAGE TENDERS BY THE R2 TO 4 IN THE MATTER OF PROCURING THE SERVICES FOR COMPLETION OF DEVELOPMENT WORKS UNDERTAKEN BY IT AS ILLEGAL, ARBITRARY & CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF KARNATAKA TRANSPARENCY IN PUBLIC PROCUREMENT ACT, 1999.
THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR ORDERS, THIS DAY, THE COURT MADE THE FOLLOWING:
O R D E R Mr. S. V. Prakash, learned counsel for the petitioner. Ms. Niloufer Akbar, learned Additional Government Advocate for respondents 1 and 3. Mr. Ramachandra, learned counsel for Mr. M. R. C. Ravi, learned counsel for respondents 2 and 4.
2. Learned counsel for respondents 2 and 4 submits that in pursuance of package tenders issued, the work in question has already been completed in the year 2013.
3. In view of the aforesaid submission, nothing survives for adjudication in the writ petition. Accordingly, the same is dismissed as infructuous.
Sd/- JUDGE VP