ORDER :

1. The present case is taken up today through Video conferencing.

2. The present writ petition has been preferred for quashing the decisions taken in a proceeding of review meeting relating to irregularities found in execution of the tender of construction of Dhanbad Municipal Building at Dhanbad particularly decision nos. 3 and 4 as contained in Memo No. 1715 dated 01.07.2020 issued by the Joint Secretary, Department of Urban Development and Housing (UDHD), Government of Jharkhand, to the extent where it has been decided that in case bid of the petitioner is found to be the lowest (L-1), the negotiations shall be done with respondent no. 7 for allotting the work on the lowest bid price and further if the negotiations with the said respondent fails, the tender may be cancelled. Further prayer has been made for quashing the work order dated 24.10.2019 issued in favour of the respondent no. 7 on the ground that when the price bid of the petitioner was opened in terms with order dated 01.07.2020, it was found L-1.

3. The factual matrix of the case as stated in the writ petition is that Dhanbad Municipal Corporation (DMC) vide e-Tender Reference No. DMC/02/2019-20 dated 27.05.2019