GUWAHATI, India, Dec. 4 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Oct. 4:
1. Heard Mr. K. N. Choudhury, the learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. R. M. Deka, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners in WP(C) No.4987/2025; WP(C) No.5168/2025; WP(C) No.5183/2025 and WP(C) No.5245/2025. Mr. B. Chetri, the learned counsel appears on behalf of the petitioners in WP(C) No.5406/2025; Mr. R. Ali, the learned counsel appears on behalf of the petitioners in WP(C) No.5532/2025; Mr. B. Pathak, the learned counsel appears on behalf of the petitioners in WP(C) No.5574/2025 and Mr. P. Nayak, the learned Additional Advocate General appears on behalf of the respondents.
2. The issue involved in the present batch of writ petitions pertains to whether the petitioners herein could be debarred from participation in the tender process for procurement of Free School Uniforms to all children from Class I to Class VIII of Government/Provincialized L.P., U.P. and Composite Schools, (Elementary Level) by School Managing Committee (SMS)/School Management Development Committee (SMDC) on the basis of the Guidelines issued on 08.08.2025.
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3. Shorn of unnecessary details, it is the case of the petitioners in the batch of writ petitions that they supplied school uniforms for the years 2023-24 and 2024-25. Pursuant to such supply made by the petitioners, the Officer on Special Duty, Samagra Shiksha, Assam, had submitted a report on 20.03.2025 on the basis of certain laboratory reports. In the said report it was mentioned that 57 numbers of items in Darrang District; 27 numbers of items in Dima Hasao; 44 numbers of items in Hojai District; 8 numbers of items in Kamrup (Metro); 57 numbers of items in Morigaon; 43 numbers of items in Nalbari and 11 numbers of items in Karbi Anglong District were found as per the specifications of the Guidelines stipulated in the School Uniform for the financial year 2024-25. It was further mentioned that 18 numbers of items in Darrang District; 6 numbers of items in Dima Hasao; 11 numbers of items in Hojai; 2 numbers of items in Kamrup (Metro); 12 numbers of items in Morigaon and 14 numbers of items in Nalbari were found not as per the specifications stipulated in the Guidelines on School Uniform for the financial year 2024-25. A request was made to communicate with the concerned schools for directing the vendors/suppliers on the basis of the lab test reports, to arrange replacement of the items. The enclosure to the said communication dated 20.03.2025 contains the list of vendors whose lab test reports were not as per specifications.
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