ORDER :

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.M.CHHAYA)

1. Heard Mr. Jayesh Kotecha, learned advocate for the petitioner, Mr. Tirthraj Pandya, learned AGP for respondents no.1 and 2 and Mr. Jaimin Dave, learned advocate for respondent no.3.

2. By way of this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs -

“(A) Your Lordships may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus and or any other appropriate writ/order/direction by way of declaring the petitioner as successfully bidder of old tender “2020-2021” (ANNEXURE-A) and further be pleased to quashed and set aside the decision on the part of respondent no.2 to issued a new tender dated 01/07/2020 (ANNEXURED) as the same is illegal and arbitrary.

(B) That till the pendency of the present petition as well as the final hearing, your lordship may be pleased to stay the implementation and operation of the new tender dated 01/07/2020 (ANNEXURED), ion the interest of justice.”

3. The following facts emerge from the record of the petition -

3.1 It is the case of the petitioner that through e-tender notice dated 21.05.2020 issued by the respondent no.2, for providing vehicles for towing for the y