Patna High Court
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Two-year blacklisting for submitting forged tender documents is not disproportionate.

Bapu Dham Construction vs The State of Bihar

Patna High CourtJUDGMENT: September 28, 20261 MIN READSOURCE JUDGMENT
Two-year blacklisting for submitting forged tender documents is not disproportionate.. Bapu Dham Construction vs The State of Bihar. Patna High Court. LawLens
THE ORIGINAL LAWLENS SUMMARY
01

Facts

The petitioner challenged the Engineer-in-Chief’s order dated 29 August 2025 blacklisting it for two years under Rule 11 of the Bihar Contractor Registration Rules, 2007, and the Secretary’s appellate order dated 5 December 2025 affirming that decision.

Source reference: p. 2

The action followed the Technical Bid Evaluation Committee’s finding that an experience certificate submitted with the petitioner’s bid was fake or forged, as reported by the concerned Works Division, Simdega.

Source reference: p. 3; p. 4

The respondents stated that the petitioner had been given an opportunity to show cause but did not respond.

Source reference: p. 3
02

Issues

Two-year blacklisting for submitting forged tender documents is not disproportionate.

Source reference: no citation
03

Law Applied

Rule 11 of the Bihar Contractor Registration Rules, 2007

Source reference: p. 2
04

Reasoning

Two-year blacklisting for submitting forged tender documents is not disproportionate.

Source reference: no citation
05

Holding

Two-year blacklisting for submitting forged tender documents is not disproportionate.
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