M/S A.K.G. CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD versus STATE OF JHARKHAND & ORS.

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Issue for Consideration Whether the black listing order, in the instant case, suffers from patent infirmities; whether the blacklisting, being stigmatic and exclusionary in nature, can be imposed mechanistically. Headnotes† Contract – Termination – Blacklisting – contractor with the Water and Sanitation Department was contracted for construction of an Elevated Service Reservoir (ESR) by issuance of a Letter of Acceptance (LOA) on 06.03.2023 – During the subsistence of the contract, on 01.06.2024, the top dome of the reservoir collapsed –