PATNA, India, May 8 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on May 7:

Both the writ petitions have been taken up together and are being disposed off by this common judgment.

2. Heard Shri Y.V. Giri, the learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 10325 of 2023 (Medicare Environmental Management Pvt. Ltd.

Vs. State of Bihar & Ors.) and Shri Ajit Kumar Sinha, the learned Senior Advocate for the petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 12296 of 2023 (M/s Sangam Mediserve Pvt. Ltd. Vs. The State of Bihar & Ors.). The respondents/Board and the State have also been represented through their respective lawyers.

3. In both the aforementioned writ petitioners, the prayer is for setting aside the order dated 26.06.2023 issued under the signature of the Member Secretary, Bihar State Pollution Control Board, Patna, whereby the entire tender, bearing NIT No. CL/884/2022/2010 dated 22.12.2022, for the entire seven locations was cancelled despite the respondents/Board having issued the letter of selection for locations at Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur in favour of Medicare Environmental Management Pvt. Ltd. (petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 10325 of 2023) and for locations Gopalganj and Purnia in favour of M/s Sangam Mediserve Pvt. Ltd. (petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 12296 of 2023).

4. In both the writ petitions, the further challenge is to the fresh notice inviting e-Tender for the same locations for setting up and operating a Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facility (hereinafter referred to as the CBWTF).

5. In accordance with the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules, 2016, which, inter alia provides for treatment and disposal of bio-medical waste, a revised guideline was published for setting up of CBWTF, which mandated taking into account the gap analysis of the generation and treatment of bio-medical waste. Pursuant to this assessment, the Bihar Pollution Control Board was of the view that there was need for setting up seven CBWTF, one each in Patna, Gopalganj, Madhubani, Purnia, Sasaram, Muzaffarpur and Bhagalpur.

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