Alok Aradhe, J.

1. In this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India read with section 103 of the J & K State Constitution, the petitioner, which is a private limited company registered under the Companies Act, seeks quashment of impugned order dated 19.09.2015, by which respondent No. 2 has awarded the contract in question in favour of respondent No. 5. The petitioner also prayed for writ of certiorari for quashment of order passed by respondent No. 2, whereby the technical bid of respondent No. 5 in respect of NIT No. 08 of 2015-2016 has been accepted. The petitioner has also prayed for allotment of contract to it in terms of NIT and to prohibit respondent No. 5 from execution of the contract work in question. In order to appreciate the petitioner's grievance, few facts need mention, which are stated infra.

2. The petitioner is a private limited Company registered under the Companies Act and is engaged in the business of infrastructure development with specialization in building of Roads/Highways Runways and Bridge construction for the last about one decade. The Executive Engineer, PW (R & B) Division, Katra issued Notice Inviting Tender, being NIT No. 02