Chandigarh, May 25 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has set aside PGIMER's order debarring a Delhi-based firm from participating in the institute's procurement processes for two years over an alleged GST violation.

The division bench of Justice Deepak Sibal and Justice Lapita Banerji held that the debarment order dated July 12, 2025, was passed without proper reasoning and without considering the detailed reply submitted by the petitioner - M/s Sudarshan Facilities Pvt Ltd.

The dispute pertained to a security services contract awarded to the company in 2017. The contract remained in force till July 2020 after an extension, and PGIMER had also issued a satisfactory completion certificate to it in March 2020.

However, in May 202...