- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:12712 WP No. 100160 of 2021 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,AT DHARWAD DATED THIS THE 19TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV WRIT PETITION NO. 100160 OF 2021 (GM-TEN) BETWEEN: M/S SARVODAYA OFFSET PRINTER NO.6 AND 7, SIDDESHWAR COMPLEX, GANESH TEMPLE STREET, BENGALURU ROAD CROSS, BALLARI-583101. R/BY PROPRIETOR, G. JAGADEESH AMENDED AS PER ORDER DATED 14.03.2022 SINCE DECEASED BY HIS LR, SMT. G. VANI W/O. LATE SRI. JAGADEESH, AGE. 40 YEARS, PROPRIETOR M/S SARVODAYA OFFSET PRINTER, BALLARI-583101. …PETITIONER (BY SRI. K.S. PATIL, ADVOCATE) AND: 1. THE DIRECTOR, THE VIJAYANAGAR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, CANTONMENT, BALLARI-583104. 2. M.G. ENTERPRISES AND PRINTERS, 15TH CROSS, S.S. PURAM, TUMAKURU-572101. 3. M/S SHREE SUBRAMANYESWARA BOOK DEPOT, HOUSE NO.56, RAJA MARKET, AVENUE ROAD, BENGALURU-560002. …RESPONDENTS (BY SRI. J.M. ANILKUMAR, ADVOCATE FOR R1; SRI. SAYED R.H., ADVOCATE FOR R2; NOTICE TO R3 IS SERVED) THIS WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE APPROPRIATE WRIT, ORDER OR DIRECTION IN THE NATURE OF CERTIORARI TO SET ASIDE THE IMPUGNED AWARD OF CONTRACT DATED 17.12.2020 ISSUE BY THE 1ST RESPONDENT BEARING NO.VIMS/GNL-1/TEND/PRINTING/03/20- 21(ANNEXURE-A AND B) & ETC. Digitally signed by SAMREEN AYUB DESHNUR Location: High Court of Karnataka, Dharwad Bench - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:12712 WP No. 100160 of 2021 THIS WRIT PETITION COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING IN ‘B’ GROUP, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV ORAL ORDER (PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV) This petition has been filed seeking for issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari to set aside the award of contract at Annexures-‘A’ and ‘B’. Certain ancillary reliefs have also been sought. 2. Learned counsel appearing for respondent No.1 has filed a memo and submits that the period of work to be executed in terms of the tender was only for a period of one year. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner is unable to controvert the assertions made by learned counsel for respondent No.1. 4. The memo filed is taken on record. It reads as follows:- - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC-D:12712 WP No. 100160 of 2021 “Herein the advocate for respondent No.1 submits as follows:- That the writ petition filed by petitioner challenging tender award dated 17.12.2020, as per award period is one year, same had completed in the year of 2021. Hence, above matter is infructuous. Kindly dismiss as infructuous. Hence, this memo (sic). 5. As the award of contract was on 17.12.2020 and noticing that the period of execution of work as awarded in the tender has spent itself in the year 2021 and taking note of the memo filed by learned counsel appearing for respondent No.1, the matter has become infructuous. 6. Accordingly, the petition is dismissed as having become infructuous, as the period for which contract was awarded pursuant to the tender process has spent itself. Sd/- (S.SUNIL DUTT YADAV) JUDGE VGR, CT:VP LIST NO.: 1 SL NO.: 5