( 1 ) RULE D. B.

( 2 ) THERE are two petitioners. First petitioner is a public limited company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, and the second petitioner is the Director of the first petitioner. By this petition they seek to have issued a writ,direction or order in the nature of certiorari quashing the award of contract by respondents 1, 2 and 3 to respondent No. 4 for printing, binding and supply of telephone directory for Hyderabad. Then the petitioners seek a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus requiring the respondents 1, 2 and 3 to accept the tender of the first petitioner for the purpose aforementioned. The first respondent is the Union of India through the Secretary, Ministryof Communication, New Delhi; the second is the Chairman, Telecom Commission, Ministry of Communication, New Delhi; the third is the General Manager, Department of Telecommunications, Telecom District, Hyderabad; and the fourth respondent is M/s. M and N Pulications Limited, New Delhi, who have been awarded the contract.

( 3 ) A tender notice was published on 22 April 1993 by the General Manager, Hyderabad Telecommunications (Hyderabad Telecom) inviting sealed tend