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6. Thereafter, on 23rd March 2020, a show-cause notice letter was issued by NHAI, listing various alleged breaches by the Petitioner, and seeking a response as to why action, amounting to debarment of the Petitioner for a period of two years, ought not to be taken. The said show- cause notice was preliminarily replied to by the Petitioner vide letter dated 24th March 2020, where the Petitioner requested for an opportunity to meet in person and make a detailed explanation before NHAI. However, the order of debarment, dated 17th December, 2020, was passed debarring the Petitioner for a period of two years from participating in tenders issued by NHAI. The said debarment order was under challenge in WP(C) No. 11167/2020, titled Theme Engineering Services Private Ltd. v. National Highway Authority of India, in which an interim order, dated 24th December 2020, was passed by the ld. Single judge of this court. The operative portion of the said order reads as under:-