The petitioner has come forward with this writ petition seeking to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 3 to open his price bid and consider the same in awarding the tender in respect of processing of uniform cloth free supply of Uniform scheme 2015-2016 (Academic year 2016-2017) in accordance with law.

2. The essential facts which led to the institution the present writ petition are as follows:

(i) The petitioner is a private limited company engaged in the business of processing and dyeing of all kinds of cloth, including cotton and printed fabrics. According to the petitioner, they are engaged in such business for the past more than a decade and supplied their products to respondents 1 to 3 as also other Central Government and State Government Agencies. During the course of such business, on 01.02.2016, the respondents 1 to 3 have flouted a tender for dyeing and processing of cloth under a Free Supply of Uniform Scheme 2015-2016 introduced by the Government. One of the conditions incorporated in the tender notification is that the tenderers should have the capability to process and deliver a minimum of 1,00,000/- meters per day. The tenderers also should e