HC irked at way Maharashtra govt gave out CCTV jobs

MUMBAI: Bombay HC on Friday expressed displeasure at the state government for giving only two contractors work to install

CCTV

cameras at police stations in the state. “We are not at all satisfied with the way these contracts were given...,” said justices

Shahrukh Kathawalla

and Milind Jadhav.

They said while there were other bidders, bids of

Sujata Computers Pvt Ltd of Pune and Javi Systems India Pvt Ltd

of Bengaluru “were considerably low and very similar to each other”.

The court took up the matter after it was told cameras in a Nashik police station were not working for 2s months. The contractors, who were in court, said they are fixing glitches and had completed 65% of the work.

The judges said “the project must be completed” and SC’s order to set up CCTVs in police stations must be complied with. The judges asked the contractors to give an undertaking on completion of the work.