JUDGMENT

Vipin Sanghi, J. This writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner primarily to assail the decision of the respondent, namely South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to cancel the E-tender Notice No. DIT/SDMC/2020/15/D-09 dated 30.04.2020, which was a Request of Proposal (RFP) for selection of vender for providing internet bandwidth, AMC & Maintenance of IT Infrastructure, Network Management for the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi, communicated to the petitioner vide order dated 16.07.2020. The petitioner also seeks a direction to the Administrative Officer of the South Delhi Municipal Corporation to complete the process of tender in pursuance of E-tender notice dated 30.04.2020 from the stage as was on 03.06.2020.

2. The petitioner is a company engaged in the business of providing Information Technology Services. The petitioner has disclosed that in the year 2009, the then Municipal Corporation of Delhi had awarded a contract to M/S Tech Mahindra Ltd. for providing services of the kind in respect whereof the aforesaid RFP was issued on 30.04.2020. In January 2012, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated into three Municipal Corporations, namely t