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Subodh Kumar Singh Rathour v. The Chief Executive Officer & Ors.

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Reported as [2024] 7 S.C.R. 532
Bench Dr. Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, J.B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 9 July 2024

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the notings recorded in the official files by the officers of the Government at different levels and even the Ministers do not become decisions of the Government unless the same is sanctified and acted upon by issuing an order in the name of the President or Governor, as the case may be, authenticated in the manner provided in Articles 77(2) and 166(2) and is communicated to the affected persons.

Judgment, page 61

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Scope of judicial review of the actions of the State in the matters relating to contract/tender disputes under writ jurisdiction; whether the action on the part of the respondent in cancelling the tender was amenable to the writ jurisdiction of the High Court; if so, whether the said action could be termed as arbitrary or unfair and in consequence of violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. Headnotes† Contract/tender disputes – Judicial review – Scope – Tender awarded to the appellant on Public-Private Partnership basis for maintenance of two underpasses

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