Heard learned counsels for the petitioners in all the cases, learned counsel for the respondent-Bihar State Power (Holding) Company and learned counsels for the Rural Electrification Corporation and the Central Government.

2. All the four writ applications raise identical questions and they have, accordingly, been heard together and, with the consent of the parties, are being disposed of at the stage of admission itself.

3. The petitioners have filed the writ applications with a prayer for quashing the tender cancellation notice dated 15.3.2013 published on the website of the respondent- Bihar State Power (Holding) Company by which all the 11 tenders for different districts including the NIT for the districts of Bhojpur, Banka, Nawadah and Purnea have been cancelled for which the petitioners respectively were the lowest bidders. The further prayer made is to quash the order dated 8.3.2013 passed by the respondent- Power (Holding) Company by which it has decided to cancel the tender and float fresh tender in respect of all the districts including the above four districts. The further prayer made subsequently by the petitioners is to quash the fresh NIT dated 30.3.2013 inviting t