( 1 ) IN this appeal, the appellant, M/s. C. V. Enterprises, a Partnership firm, has challenged the propriety of the judgment and order dated March 21, 1984 of D. K. Sen, J. dismissing the writ petition of the appellant.

( 2 ) ON September 2, 1982, respondent 1 Braithwaite and Co. Ltd. , which is a Government company, issued a notice in the Statesman, Calcutta inviting tenders for the purchase of REP licences that would be issued to respondent 1, inter alia, against the exports of structural to Bahrain and exports of wagons to Vietnam under export contracts registered in 1966-67 and 1978-79. The enclosure to the tender notice was a chart containing particulars of the exports for which the REP licences were applied for. The particulars included the value of REP licences against the exports of wagons to Vietnam as Rs. 45,52,843/- and the exports of structural to Bahrain as Rs. 3,03,988/ -. In response to the said notice, the appellant submitted his offer for the purchase of REP licences of respondent 1. After the submission of the offer by the appellant, there were some discussions and correspondence between the appellant and respondent 1. Ultimately, respondent 1 by