JUDGMENT

1. The instant Writ Petition has been filed by the Petitioner herein which is a society working towards protecting the interests of consumers in the telecom sector, seeking for a direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (hereinafter referred to as `the CBI') to investigate a complaint dated 11.03.2016 which has been sent by the Petitioner herein to the CBI alleging criminal conspiracy between some officials of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (hereinafter referred to as `the BSNL') & Chinese vendor M/S ZTE Telecom Ltd. in relation to a tender invited by the BSNL for Planning, Engineering, Supply, Installation, Testing, Commissioning and Annual Maintenance of 14.37 Million Lines for Phase-VII Expansion of GSM/UMTS Based Cellular Mobile Network in North, East & South Zones.

2. The gist of the allegation levelled by the Petitioner is that in October, 2011 BSNL invited tenders for 14.37 million GSM mobile telephone lines on turnkey basis for three zones, i.e. North, East & South Zones. The scope of the tender included planning, engineering, supply, installation, testing, commissioning and annual maintenance of these lines. It is alleged that the BSNL in its tender has prescr