JUDGMENT :

MANISH CHOUDHURY, J.

1. The writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred assailing an order dated 28.10.2021 issued from the end of the respondent no. 2 whereby the respondent no. 6 was directed to issue an order of settlement in favour of the respondent no. 7 in respect of Simla Bazar (‘the Market’ for short) and a consequential order dated 09.11.2021 issued by the respondent no. 6 whereby the Market has been settled in favour of the respondent no. 7 at his offered bid value of Rs. 3,95,365/- for the Market.

2. The events leading to the institution of the writ petition can be exposited as under:

2.1. By a Tender Notice dated 09.06.2021 issued under the hand of the respondent no. 6, sealed tenders were invited from interested bidders for settlement of a number of markets/Go-hats/Parkings/Par Ghats/Ferries/Cattle Pounds, etc. for the year 2021-2022 from 01.07.2021 to 30.06.2022 under Jalah Development Block, Jalahghat. As per the Tender Notice, if the value of the scheduled rate for the concerned market, etc. was up to Rs. 50,000/-then t