JUDGMENT :

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

As per the pleaded case, the petitioner is a registered government contractor and licence holder under Section 12 (1) of the Contractor Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 and a licence has been granted by respondent No. 3 i.e. Municipal Council, Manali, for collection and segregation of garbage. The petitioner was also a GST certificate holder. Respondent No. 3 invited online bids items in electronic tendering system in two (2) covers system for door to door collection of solid waste alongwith transportation to the Solid Waste Management (for short 'SWM') site Rangari from Wards No. 1 to 7, for which vehicles were required to be provided by the contractor. These vehicles were further required to contain different containers containing wet (bio-degradable) and dry (non-biodegradable) separately including transportation of garbage collected from street sweeping for a total costs of Rs. 8,68,000/- vide tender notice dated 20.09.2022.

2. In terms of the tender, the last date for applying was fixed as 28.09.2022 and the date for opening the tender was fixed as 29.09.2022. It is the further case of the petitioner that respondent No.3 while inviti