S. Ravindra Bhat, J.

1. These three writ petitions involve adjudication on common issues arising from the same facts, i.e. interpretation of tender no. LPG/LOGS/TT/ER/2014/A dated 01.09.2014 issued jointly by the three contesting respondents – hereafter referred to conveniently as “the oil marketing companies”. The petitioners in W.P.(C) 8776/2014 argue that the rejection of their bids on the ground that the mismatch between the prime mover capacity and the trailer capacity made the bid non-conforming, is arbitrary. The petitioners in this writ petition are referred to compendiously as “the Baroda group”. The petitioners in W.P.(C) 8435/2014 (hereafter called “the Malik Group”), on the other hand, assert that the oil marketing companies should strictly follow the tender conditions and reject the tanker contracts (TTs) which do not conform to the prescribed specifications. They seek consequent directions for quashing of actions taken towards accepting bids which are not in conformity with the tender specifications, so far. The writ petitioners in the third group, i.e.