UPPER CRUST CUISINES AND EVENTS PVT LTD vs UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS

lace 2026:PHHC:082138-DB Seat IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 122 CWP-2016-2026 Date of Decision: 25.05.2026 UPPER CRUST CUISINES AND EVENTS PVT.LTD. __... Petitioner Versus UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS ... Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI Present:- | Mr. Mukul Singla, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sagar Ratusaria, Jr. Standing Counsel for UOI. Ms. Shruti, AAG, Punjab. 2k 2 2s DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral) It is not disputed that before passing of the impugned adjudication order dated 30.08.2024 (Annexure P-12), no opportunity of personal hearing was afforded to the petitioner. That being so, the petitioner’s case would be covered in its favour by a recent judgment rendered by us on 24.03.2026 in CWP-33977-2025 - ‘Kemexel Ecommerce Pvt. Ltd. Vs. State of Punjab and others’. 2. Learned counsel appearing for respondents has not been able to distinguish the applicability of Kemexel Ecommerce Pvt. Ltd.’s case (supra) to the petitioner’s case. 3. In view of the above, the impugned adjudication order dated 30.08.2024 (Annexure P-12) and the appellate order dated 10.06.2025 (Annexure P-14) are set aside. However, liberty