p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No. 13183 of 2026 Jayanta Kumar Behera …. Petitioner Mr. Sidhartha Das, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha and others …. Opposite Parties Ms. Aishwarya Dash, Additional Standing Counsel CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN Order No. ORDER 04.05.2026 02. 1. The petitioner has challenged the fresh Tender Call Notice dated 17th April, 2026 on the premise that the earlier tender floated for the similar nature of work, where the petitioner participated and adjudged as the lowest bidder, was opened after the fresh tender. 2. We invited the attention of Ms. Aishwarya Dash, learned Additional Standing Counsel (ASC) appearing on behalf of the opposite parties-State, on the last occasion, as to whether the action of the authorities in floating the fresh tender in the midst of the earlier tender for the similar nature of work without cancelling the same is permissible or not. p. 2 3. Ms. Dash, learned ASC, after taking necessary instructions in writing, submits that the fresh tender has now been cancelled by the authorities, so far as it relates to the work in question and, therefore, the instant writ petition has become infructuous. 4. Since the writ petition is filed challenging the Tender Call Notice dated 17th April, 2026, which stood cancelled, as a result, the instant writ petition has become infructuous and is disposed of. 5. However, in the event, the petitioner’s grievance subsists apart from the above, it is open to the petitioner to take appropriate steps, if so advised. (Harish Tandon) Chief Justice (M.S. Raman) Judge Sisira