JUDGMENT :

SUDHIR SINGH, J.

1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. In the present petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following relief(s):-

"i. Issuance of an appropriate writ/s, order/s or direction/s, particularly in the nature of writ of Certiorari for quashing and setting aside the impugned decision/order dated 06.10.2025 and 02.12.2025 passed by the Technical Evaluation Committee, Rural Works Department whereby the Petitioner's technical bid submitted under Notice Inviting Tender Bearing No. RWD/SSY/HQ/ET/2025- 26 Dated 28.07.2025 for construction and six year operation & management including surface renewal for rural road/bridge under component of Sulabh Samparakta Yojana (SSY) described as 'Konipar Baba Sthan se Variyarpur Tak aur Gopalpari ka Konipur PWD Sadak tak Path Nirman(Tender ID-143842) has been arbitrarily, illegally and without authority of law disqualified from the technical bid stage.

ii. Issuance of an appropriate writ/s, order/s or direction/s, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus to Declare the Petitioner, technically qualified for participation in the tender process under Notice Inviting Tender Bearing No. RWD/SSY/HQ/ET/2025-26 Dated 28.07.2025 for construction and six year operation & management including surface renewal for rural road/bridge under component of Sulabh Samparakta Yojana (SSY) described as 'Konipar Baba Sthan se Variyarpur Tak aur Gopalpari ka Konipur PWD Sadak tak Path Nirman (Tender ID-143842) and to include the Petitioner's bid in the financial bid evaluation stage of the tender process without any further delay.

iii. Issuance of an appropriate writ/s, order/s or direction/s, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus, for declaration of respondent no.11 to be the lowest bidder Notice Inviting Tender Bearing No. RWD/SSY/HQ/ET/2025-26 Dated 28.07.2025 for construction and six year operation & management including surface renewal for rural road/bridge under component of Sulabh Samparakta Yojana(SSY) described as 'Konipar Baba Sthan se Variyarpur Tak aur Gopalpari ka Konipur PWD Sadak tak Path Nirman'(Tender ID-143842) to be illegal, arbitrary, malafide, and void ab initio, being the outcome of a tainted and procedurally defective evaluation process. iv. Issuance of an appropriate writ/s, order/s or direction/s, particularly in the nature of writ of Mandamus to direct the respondent authorities to reconsider the Petitioner's bid by declaring the Petitioner technically qualified, open the Petitioner's financial bid, and thereafter award the tender in favour of the Petitioner.

v. To direct the Respondents restraining them from giving effect to or executing any work order/contract agreement pending final adjudication of the present writ petition.

vi. Any other relief/reliefs as Your Lordships may think fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case."

3. The brief facts of the case are that the Rural Works Department, Government of Bihar, issued a Notice Inviting Tender dated 28.07.2025 bearing No. RWD/SSY/HQ/ET/2025-26 for construction and six-year operation and maintenance of a rural road/bridge project under the Sulabh Samparakta Yojana (SSY). Pursuant thereto, the petitioner participated in the tender process and submitted its bid within the stipulated time. Upon evaluation of technical bids, the Technical Bid Evaluation Committee, in its meeting dated 08.09.2025, declared the petitioner technically qualified.

4. Subsequently, a complaint dated 13.09.2025 was submitted by another bidder alleging non-disclosure of certain prior work by the petitioner. On the basis of the said complaint, a show cause notice dated 16.09.2025 was issued to the petitioner, to which the petitioner submitted a detailed reply on 18.09.2025 along with supporting materials, stating inter alia that the work referred to in the complaint had already been proposed to be dropped by the competent authority and did not constitute an existing or ongoing commitment as on the date of bid submissi