1. The petitioner wanted the High Court to exercise the power of judicial review in respect of a global contract floated by Neyveli Lignite Corporation worth Rs.5900 Crores in a piecemeal manner during the currency of Tender Evaluation Process and before finalising the composite tender and award of contract.

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2. The petitioner is a leading business house in the domains of Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), Power, Solar, Natural resources and infrastructure in India. The petitioner is also engaged in the construction of Metro Rail.

3. M/s.Neyeveli Lignite Corporation [hereinafter referred to as NLC], issued a notification calling for bids for steam generator and auxiliary package for its new thermal power project. The notification dated 24 September 2012 was published on 25 September 2012. The petitioner, pursuant to the said notification, submitted its technical and commercial bids on 10 December 2012. The technical bids were opened on 21 December 2012. There were three bidders : the petitioner, M/s.Bharath Heavy Electricals Ltd, India and M/s.Ansaldo Caldaie S.p.a. Italy. Since the scope of the work and technical r