JUDGMENT :

Sindhu Sharma, J.-The office of Executive Engineer PWD (R&B), Construction Division No.II Jammu issued a fresh short notice inviting tender e-NIT No. 1/Smart City/2021-22/Div.-2 dated 05.06.2021 requesting for proposal for Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for junction improvements in Jammu City. The petitioner-Company M/s TBA Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. being eligible submitted its bid both technical as well as financial online on 19.06.2021. As per the bid summary, the date and time of opening the technical bid was to be 22.06.2021 at 13:00 Hours in the office of Chief Engineer PWD (R&B) Department, Jammu, the date and time of the financial bid was to be notified after the evaluation of the technical bid.

2. The Technical Evaluation Committee opened the technical bid of the bidders (1) M/s TBA Infrastructure; (2) M/s Harcharan Dass Gupta; (3) RSB Projects Limited; & (4) MG Contractors Pvt. Ltd. for their evaluation on 15.07.2021. Upon the technical evaluation of the bids, the technical bid of the petitioner-M/s TBA Infrastructure was rejected as