2026:UHC:4693-DB 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA AND HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE SUBHASH UPADHYAY 11th June, 2026 WRIT PETITION (M/B) NO. 223 OF 2024 M/s Himalayan Construction and Engineers ….Petitioner Versus Uttarakhand Jal Vidhyut Nigam Limited and others. …Respondents Counsel for the petitioner : Sri Gaurav Nagpal, learned counsel holding brief of Sri Ramji Srivastava, learned counsel. Counsel for the respondents : None. ORDER : 1. The duration of the contract, which is subject matter of challenge in the instant writ petition, was five months, which admittedly has expired. 2. In such view of the matter, the challenge does not survive. 3. The writ petition is, accordingly, dismissed as infructuous, leaving it open to the petitioner-firm to seek any other relief by appropriate mode as may be available to it in respect of its contention that its techno-commercial bid was wrongly rejected. 4. Pending application, if any, also stands dismissed. _____________________ MANOJ KUMAR GUPTA, C.J. ___________________ SUBHASH UPADHYAY, J. Dt: 11th June, 2026 Rathour PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR Digitally signed by PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, ou=HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND, 2.5.4.20=23699ccc2fd40ad81b6fd13323779d9e3aeb1 097d17dbb53d481cabd25946eed, postalCode=263001, st=UTTARAKHAND, serialNumber=1F65499E931DF71CDAF92A40CC6179 B8E010331BA695239171F906FD5C45C4E8, cn=PRAVINDRA SINGH RATHOUR Date: 2026.06.22 13:22:06 +05'30'