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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
A.K.Jayasankaran Nambiar, Syam Kumar V.M.
Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) Department Of Space, Government Of India,Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre, Valiamala P.O., Thiruvananthapuram – Appellant
Versus
Roopam Engineers And Contractors Private Limited Represented By Its Managing Director V.S. Mytheen – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A.K. Jayasankaran Nambiar, J.
The respondents 1 to 4 in W.P.(C).No.17515 of 2022 are the appellants before us aggrieved by the judgment dated 09.12.2022 of the learned Single Judge in the writ petition.
2. The brief facts necessary for disposal of this Writ Appeal are as follows:
The 1st appellant is a Government of India organisation for promoting the development and application of Space Science and Technology. It had invited tenders for establishment of a Mechanical Testing Research Laboratory for Propulsion Systems – Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre [LPSC] at Valiyamala, Thiruvananthapuram. Ext.P1 notice of tender was issued on 04.05.2019 and the period of completion of the work was stipulated as 12 months. The minimum validity of the tender was 120 days from the last date of receipt of tender. On account of a delay in technical evaluation and approval for opening of a price bid, the respondent/writ petitioner was requested to extend the validity of the tender on various occassions, which was apparently agreed to by the respondent without any objections or demur. Eventually, the technical bid was opened on 17.06.2019, and the price bid was opened on 05.11.2019. The work o
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