SANJEEV KUMAR SINGH vs INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LIMITED

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 25th March, 2026 W.P.(C) 3876/2026 & CM APPL. 19038/2026 SANJEEV KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jitender Mehta, Mr. Lalit Kumar, Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Mr. Shivam Pahal and Mr. Avneesh Singh, Advocates versus INDIAN RAILWAY CATERING AND TOURISM CORPORATION LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Saurav Agrawal, Mr. Anshuman Chowdhary, Mr. Kiran Devrani and Mr. Samayra Adlakha, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking quashing of the impugned letter dated 20th March, 2026 issued by respondent/Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (‘IRCTC’). In terms of the said letter, the Contract awarded in favour of the petitioner for running a Food Plaza at Patliputra Railway Station was terminated along with forfeiture of security deposit remitted by the petitioner in the form of a Bank Guarantee. 2. Briefly stated, the case set up by the petitioner is as under: 3. Aggrieved by the same, the present writ petition has been filed. 4. Mr. Jitender Mehta, counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, submits that there was a general diffi