P. D. KUDAL, J.

( 1 ) THIS is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, by Vijay goods Transport Company through its partner Gopi Chand, praying for issuance of a direction not to take into consideration the tender submitted by respondent no. 4 and to accept the tender of the petitioner authorising him to transport stationery goods from one place to the other.

( 2 ) FROM the petition it appears that tenders relating to transportation of stationery articles by respondent No. 3, were invited. The petitioner as well as other persons including respondent No. 4 submitted their respective tenders for the above purpose which were to be opened by respondent No. 3 on Jan. 13, 1978 at 11 a. m. in the presence of the interested parties. All the conditions under which tenders were to be accepted need not be mentioned except those having a bearing for the decision of this petition. One of the conditions was that no tender which was not accompanied by a deposit of earnest money of Rs. 500/- was to be considered and further another condition was that a tender could be accepted or rejected without assigning any reason and that full authority to do so would vest in the