1. These Writ Petitions have been filed, praying for issuance of a mandamus, directing the 1st and 2nd respondents to reject the tender submitted by the 3rd respondent in pursuance to the notice inviting tender for transport of the essential commodities in the 2nd respondent region for the period from 01.07.2010 to 30.06.2011 and to consequently direct the 1st and 2nd respondents to award the contract in favour of the petitioner who is the lowest tenderer among the eligible tenderers in pursuance of the notice inviting tender for transport of essential commodities for the period from 01.07.2010 till 30.06.2011 to the 2nd respondent regions.

2. The facts that are necessary for disposal of these Writ Petitions are as follows:

2.1. The petitioner firm is involved in the business of transport, transporting food grains and various other products. One of the activities involved by the petitioner firm is transporting the food grains to first and second respondents by participating in the tender process and currently the petitioner is the sole transport contractor for the respondent corporation in the second respondent region for the year commencing from July 2009 to July 2010