JUDGMENT :

1. By way of the present Writ Petition, the Petitioner, Well Protect Manpower Services Pvt. Ltd., has impugned the letter dated 22.07.2022 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Impugned Decision’) addressed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, i.e., Respondent No. 2 herein, granting approval to Lady Hardinge Medical College, i.e., Respondent No. 1, to issue a Letter of Award in favour of Trig Detectives Pvt. Ltd., i.e., Respondent No. 3, with respect to the tender initiated by Respondent No. 1 vide Bid No. GEM/2021/B/1462748 dated 28.08.2021, inviting bids for provision of security services in its premises (hereinafter referred to as the, ‘Tender’). Accordingly, the Petitioner has prayed before this Court that appropriate directions be issued for cancellation of the Impugned Decision and award of the Tender to the Petitioner.

2. The factual matrix of the case, leading to the filing of the present Writ Petition are as under:

i. In view of the expiry of its existing manpower outsourcing contract, Respondent No. 1 wrote to Respondent No. 2 seeking approval for initiating a te