Ramesh Ranganathan, J.

The appellants herein are petitioners 1 and 2 in W.P. No.33695 of 2017. They, along with respondent Nos.6 and 7 herein, invoked the jurisdiction of this Court seeking a writ of mandamus to declare the action of the 2nd respondent- Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh (hereinafter called A.P. Transco) in issuing the EPC Works Tender bearing ID No.119074 announced vide IFB/Tender Notice No.APT-e-05/2017, including conditions tailor-made to qualify only the fourth respondent-LS Cable India Pvt. Ltd, as illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional; to set aside the said EPC work tender; to restrain the respondents from procuring the EPC work through the subject Tender; direct the respondents not to give effect to, or take further steps pursuant to, the said Tender; to direct the respondents to place on record the official records pertaining to the subject tender; and consequently, after retrieving the said records, to set aside/quash the decision of the respondents in setting out the qualification requirement as mentioned in the subject tender; and to direct the respondents to cancel the bids received pursuant to the subject tender. The parties to this