( 1 ) RULE. Mr Munshaw waives service of Rule for respondent no. 1 and Mr Jagirdar waives service of Rule for respondent No. 2.

( 2 ) IN this petition under Article 226 of the constitution, the petitioner, an advertising agency, has challenged the tendering process adopted by the respondent-Corporation under which the eligible parties who have submitted their tenders in response to the notice dated 23. 1. 2006 are not called for inter-se bidding but only respondent No. 2 is called for revising its bid in the matter of contract to be awarded by respondent No. 1- Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation for providing spaces for advertisement on buses, bus depots and bus shelters.

( 3 ) THE facts leading to filing of this petition, broadly stated, are as under:- (1) The present petitioner is the existing contractor in whose favour the contract providing spaces for advertisements on bus, bus depots and bus shelters of the respondent-Corporation was awarded for the three year period from 15. 12. 2002 to 14. 12. 2005. Since the contract period was going to expire by efflux of time in December 2005, the respondent-Corporation initiated the process for inviting fresh tenders