JUDGMENT :

PUSHPA SATHYANARAYANA, J.

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the entire records relating to the issue of the impugned order in intimation dated 12.03.2020 made in Ref. No. 2273/T4/TPT/19, on the file of the second respondent quash the same, restore the tender in Notification No. 2273/T4/TPT/2019, dated 27.08.2019 and to direct the second respondent to grant the work order to the petitioner, L1 holder for 15KL vehicles and 8.5 KL vehicles submitted in the tender.

1. Mr. Vijay Narayan, learned Advocate General assisted by Mr. R. Bala Ramesh, learned Special Government Pleader (Co-operative) appears on behalf of the respondents.

2. With the consent of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Advocate General, this writ petition is taken up for final hearing at the admission stage itself via Videoconferencing, on account of the COVID-19 pandemic situation.

3. Challenging the intimation of the second respondent dated 12.03.2020 made in Ref. No. 2273/T4/TPT/19 and seeking to restore the said tender issued on 27.08.2019 and also seeking a consequential direction to the sec