ORDER :

1. Aggrieved by the impugned order dated 12.04.2022 (Annexure P/1), the instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner. Vide the said impugned order, the petitioner's firm has been blacklisted for a period of three years.

2. The facts of the case in brief is that respondents no. 2 and 3 floated a tender on 25.06.2020 calling upon the interested parties for the supply of EDL/Non-EDL drugs and consumables/ayush/equipment/kit items. The petitioner participated in the said tender for the supply of three drugs, those are Amoxycillin Cap. IP 250 mg. Amoxycillin Cap. IP 500 mg and Ciproflaxacin Tab. IP 500 (D123).

3. In terms of the tender document itself, the validity of the Bid was for a period of 120 days as would be evident from Clause-4.2. For ready reference the contents of the validity of the bid from the terms of the tender document are being reproduced herein-under:

“4.2 Validity of Bid

The bid shall be valid for a period of 120 days from the date of opening of Cover-A (Technical Bid) and prior to the expiry of the bid validity, the Tender Inviting Authority may request the BIDDERs to extend the bid validity for further period as deemed fit. However, CGMSC Ltd. reserve