1. Challenge in this writ appeal is to the order of the writ court dated 29.07.2016 made in W.P. No.10554 of 2015, by which, the writ court, dismissed the writ petition filed by the appellant herein, stating that the appellant has failed to substantiate the averments stated in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition and further observed that the first respondent had conducted the tender in accordance with the rules and regulations as contemplated under law and that there is no irregularity in the tender process.

2. Short facts leading to the filing of the writ appeal are that on 10.03.2015, the 1st respondent called for a tender, for collection of fees for Mettupalayam Road Anna Daily Vegetable Market for the period 2015 - 2018, vide notification published in News Daily. It is the case of the appellant/petitioner that with intent to participate in the said auction, he took a Demand Draft dated 27.01.2015 for a sum of Rs.5,75,000/- and approached the Commissioner, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation/1st respondent herein, for registration of his name. The Assistant Commissioner, West Zone of Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation, who was in-charge of receiving the