JUDGMENT :

1. This writ petition under article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the writ petitioner seeking, inter Mia, setting aside of the impugned work order dated 15.10.2018 issued by the respondent No.3, i.e., the Director of Fisheries, Assam in favour of the respondent No. 6. A further direction has been sought for to award of the contract work published by a Detail Notice for Re-Invitation for Bids dated 10.5.2018 in favour of the petitioner contending that the bid of the petitioner was responsive on all aspects

2. In order to appreciate the contentions raised by the writ petitioner, it would be apposite to narrate the background facts, in brief, leading to the institution of the writ petition.

2.1 The respondent No. 3, i.e., the Director of Fisheries, Assam published a Press Notice dated 10.5.2018. Simultaneous to the Press Notice, a Detail Notice for Re-Invitation for Bids (‘the NIT) was also published on 10.5.2018 inviting e-tenders from eligible contractors of appropriate category, prescribed therein, for the work of “Renovation of Padum Pukhuri Fish Seed Farm, Morigaon under RIDF-XXI for 2016-2017” (‘the contract-work’). When the Press Notice/NIT was