Heard Mr. M. Choudhury, learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. M. Mahanta, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. R. Borpatragohain, the learned Advocate General, assisted by Mr. R.K.D. Choudhury, Senior Govt. Advocate and Mr. R.P. Kakoti, learned Senior Counsel assisted Mr. S. Sutradhar, Advocate.

2. By this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the case projected by the petitioners is that the State Level Police Recruitment Board, Assam (‘SLPRB’ for short), the respondent No.2 herein had invited online “Request for Proposal” (‘RFP’ for short) for selection of Professional Agency for implementation of Transparent Recruitment Policy (‘TRP’ for short) in connection with Recruitment of various posts in the Assam Police and other Department that may be entrusted by the Govt. to it for the financial year 2018-19. The RFP was a tender of 2 (two) bid system with 3 (three) stages, being (a) Pre-Qualification Bid, (b) Technical Bid, and (c) Commercial Bid. While the petitioner had submitted its bid in collaboration with Aptech Ltd., the respondent No.4, namely, M/s. Amain Tech Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (‘ATCPL’ in short) had submitted its bid in collaboration