JUDGMENT AND ORDER :

Achintya Malla Bujor Barua, J.

Heard Sri PD Nair, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri R. Dubey, learned counsel for respondent Nos.1 to 5 and Sri MP Goswami, learned counsel for respondent No.7. None appears for the respondent No.6.

2. Pursuant to a Tender Notice No.VP-11/2015, issued by the Airport Authority of India (for short, the AAI) for grant of licence of 'vehicle parking rights at the city side of terminal building' at Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (for short, LGBI) Airport for a period of 3 years, the petitioner had participated in the tender process. It is the case of the petitioner that as per Clause 15 of the notice inviting tender, scanned copies of all documents are to be uploaded by the tenderer, including the sign and seal of the authorised signatory, which should be clearly visible/readable. As per the said clause in case any of the documents uploaded by the tenderer is not visible to the tender opening committee, such document shall not be considered for technical qualification. Along with the writ petitioner, respondent No.6 and respondent No.7 had also submitted their tendered bids by following the process of uploading the bi

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