By means of this writ petition, petitioner has questioned the award of tender in favour of respondent No.4 on various grounds, as taken in the memo of petition.

2. The facts, as pleaded in the petition, are that respondent Nos. 1 to 3 called for tenders for the transportation of milk from its Plant, Dutt Nagar, Tehsil Rampur, District Shimla to various places, within and outside the State of Himachal Pradesh. Petitioner submitted his tender alongwith requisite fee well before the stipulated time and when the same was opened on 21.3.2016, despite the petitioner’s being the lowest tender; the same was not awarded to him, but was awarded to respondent No.4.

3. Respondent Nos. 1 to 3 have filed the reply wherein it has been averred that the petitioner neither submitted the RCs of the trucks nor the tender in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof. In addition thereto, it is averred that the father of the petitioner is one of the accused in an FIR involving pilferage of milk and mother dairy being prime bulk consumers of Milk Federation would not l