#contractor registration

The Chhattisgarh High Court struck down the downgrade of a Class-A contractor for failing to disclose sublet work, ruling that applying a newly introduced disclosure requirement to past tenders without prior notice breaches natural justice. The judgment establishes that inadvertent omissions, absent intent to deceive, cannot justify disproportionate penalties under tender regulations.

Supreme Court rules that blacklisting-a stigmatic and exclusionary action-requires a specific show-cause notice indicating intent to blacklist, not merely a termination notice. The Court set aside the blacklisting order against a contractor, holding that procedural fairness under natural justice mandates clear notice of proposed punitive action to affected parties.