NEW DELHI - Government functioning would come to a standstill if all its decisions are seen with suspicion, the Supreme Court has said while upholding Gujarat’s decision to develop an International Financial Services City in Ahmedabad in collaboration with a private company which was objected to by CAG. The apex court said that although Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) is a key figure in the parliamentary system, it is the government which runs the state and is accountable to the people. A Bench also said government’s action cannot be declared arbitrary or unreasonable just because of non-floating of tenders or absence of public auction. “If every decision taken by the State is tested by a microscopic and a suspicious eye, the administration will come to a standstill and the decision-makers will lose all their initiative and enthusiasm,” the Bench said. (PTI)
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