MS THE NEW BHAGWAN COOPERATIVE LABOUR CONSTRUCTION SOCIETY vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.139 CWP-17324-2026 Date of decision: 27.05.2026 M/s The New Bhagwan Cooperative Labour & Construction Society Ltd. ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI Present: Mr. Anurag Chopra, Advocate and Ms. Himani Jamwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ms. Shruti, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Nitin Kaushal, Advocate, for respondent No.4. * * * DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral) 1. Declaration of the petitioner as L-1 with regard to the tender in question was challenged by respondent No.4 through filing of an appeal before respondent No.2 under Section 16 of the Punjab Food Grains Labour & Cartage Policy, 2026 (for short – 'the Policy') which appeal through order dated 02.05.2026 was accepted and the matter was remanded to the Tender Committee for fresh consideration. The order dated 02.05.2026 passed by respondent No.2 was challenged by the petitioner before respondent No.1 through filing of a statutory appeal under Section 17 of the Policy which is pending adjudication for the last two weeks and the delay is causing prejudice to the petitioner. In these