( 1 ) RULE D. B.

( 2 ) WITH the consent of learned counsel for the parties, the matter is taken up for final disposal.

( 3 ) CHALLENGE in this writ petition is to a pre-qualification condition inserted in the Notice Inviting Tender (for short the NIT ) issued by the Central Warehousing corporation, hereinafter referred to as the CWC, on 10 November 2004 for supply of cwc diary, chemical and technical equipments, including 8000 Kgs of Deltamethrin

( 4 ) 2. 5% WP ARC. The challenge to the condition is laid on the ground of arbitrariness, unreasonableness and irrationality. 4. The factual matrix, in brief, is as follows: as noted above, the CWC floated tender dated 10 November 2004 for supply of various items, including the afore-mentioned chemical for fumigation purposes. The petitioner claims to have learnt about the tender notice on 18 november 2004 from the website of the CWC. Being a major manufacturer of deltamethrin and interested in the supply of the said chemical, the petitioner approached the respondent for issue of tender documents. One of the grievances of the petitioner is that though the last date for submission of the bids was 3 December 2004, the tender