IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 16TH DAY OF JULY, 2019 BEFORE THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK ARADHE WRIT PETITION NO.20349 OF 2018 (GM-TEN) BETWEEN:
Rachitha Porwal, Prop: Digital Securities Solutions, Aged about 30 years, D/o Prasanna Kumar, Ground Floor No.45/6-2, Flat No.103A, Jayamahal, Bengaluru – 560 046.
(By Sri S.K.Prabhakar Shetty, Advocate) AND:
1. The State of Karnataka, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, No.645, Gate No.2, M.S.Building, 6th Floor, Bengaluru – 560 001.
2. The Vice Chancellor, Akkamahadevi Women’s University, “State Highway 12, Athani Road, Jnanashakti, Torvi, Vijayapura, Karnataka - 586 108.
3. The Registrar, Akkamahadevi Women’s University, … Petitioner “State Highway 12, Athani Road, Jnanashakti, Torvi, Vijayapura, Karnataka - 586 108.
4. Venkataveera Raghavan (Prop) Maddala Industries, B-43, Plot No.5, IDA Autonagar, Guntur – 522 001.
Andhra Pradesh.
5. Mehra Computer Systems Limited, Survey #142, Old Mahabalipuram Road, Near Thangavelu Engineering College Road, Chennai – 600 097, Tamilnadu.
Represented by Praveen Kumar Mehra, M.D.
(By Sri.Vijayakumar A. Patil, AGA for R1) …Respondents This Writ Petition is filed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, praying to set aside the tender process commenced by R-3 vide impugned Annexure – C dated 10.01.2018 and etc.
This Writ Petition coming on for Orders, this day, the Court made the following:-
ORDER Sri.S.K.Prabhakar Shetty, learned counsel for the petitioner.
Sri.Vijay Kumar A. Patil, learned Additional Government Advocate for respondent No.1.
2. Taking into account the order which this Court proposes to pass, it is not necessary to issue notice to the respondent Nos.2 to 5.
3. In this petition, the petitioner inter alia has assailed the validity of the order dated 10.01.2018 by which the tender process for procurement of security papers for printing of UG and PG marks cards was initiated by the University.
4. The writ petition is pending before this Court since 2018, in which no interim order has been passed. By now, the process initiated pursuant to the impugned order must have been completed. In case, the grievance of the petitioner still subsists, he shall be at liberty to take recourse to such remedy as may be available to him under the law.
5. With the aforesaid liberty, the writ petition is disposed of.
Sd/- JUDGE dn/-