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68. In so far as the issue of black listing of the successful bidder raised by the petitioner is concerned, the successful bidder has placed on record the documents to indicate that as on the date of submitting the bid by the respondent No. 6, the said party was not black listed. There is thus no merit in the submission made by the learned senior counsel for the petitioner. The said black listing order of the respondent No. 6 was quashed and set aside by the Patna High Court.

74. The respondent No. 6 in the affidavit in reply has clarified that, the respondent No. 6 had submitted its self declaration on 09.12.2021 and had made it clear that the respondent No. 6 was not black listed by any Government, Semi Government organization/any local body and any other private body. In any event the said black listing order was set aside by the Patna high Court subsequently. The respondent No. 6 had uploaded various certificates as per requirement of the tender document. The submission made in the affidavit in reply filed by the respondent No. 6 and across the bar that the respondent No. 6 has already started the work prior to the date of filing affidavit in reply are accepted.