JUDGMENT :

(Chakradhari Sharan Singh, J.)

Short undisputed facts, necessary for adjudication of the dispute raised by the petitioner in the present writ application filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, are as under;

2. The Bihar State Food and Civil Supplies Corporation Limited, Gopalganj (BSFC Gopalganj), is the sole agency nominated by the Government of Bihar to carry out storage and transportation of food grains and other civil supply items meant for distribution through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS), which involves movement of food grain intra-district and inter-district. Transportation-cum-handling contractors were to be selected to transport food grains from FCI depot/ BSFC CMR godown to BSFC TPDS godowns. For the purpose of selection of two transportation-cum-handling contractors, BSFC Gopalganj came out with a Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) No. 3/2021-22. The petitioner amongst others had submitted his bid. The petitioner’s technical bid was rejected by the competent authority, i.e., District Transport Committee on 12.01.2022. The petitioner did not raise any objection against rejection of his technical bid. The District Transport Committee accord