JUDGMENT :

1. The instant writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India with the following prayers:-

i. the impugned order dated 17.12.2019 (An.5) may kindly be quashed and set aside;

ii. the respondents may be directed to further process bid of the petitioner from the stage of opening of financial bid and to issue the letter of intent to the petitioner to enable it to undertake production;

iii. any other order or direction which this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, may be passed in favour of the petitioner

v. the writ petition may kindly be allowed with costs throughout.

2. Brief facts of the case are that the respondent No 2 Director, Mines and geology, Udaipur issued a Notice Inviting Tender (herein after referred to as NIT for short) dated 03.07.2019 (Annexure-1) for various blocks of Limestone in District, Nagaur, Rajasthan as per which, an applicant was required to have net-worth of Rs 4,03,14,624/-, and since the petitioner was having the net-worth of aforesaid amount therefore, the petitioner company participated in the auction proceedings and submitted the bid and all the nece