JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned RFP/Tender Reference No./Specification No.CE/IT and RAPDRP-15/2023-24 dated 18.08.2023 issued by the respondents and quash the same.)

1. These writ petitions have been filed challenging the impugned RFP/Tender Reference No./Specification No.CE/IT and RAPDRP- 15/2023-24 dated 18.08.2023 issued by the respondents.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

2.1 The respondent had floated a tender for setting up the Advance Meeting Infrastructure Service Providers (AMISP) for smart prepaid metering and smart system metering on DB foot basis and Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme. The Ministry of Power had launched Revamped Distribution Sector Scheme on 23.07.2011 with smart metering as one of its components. Thus, it had directed all the States across India to set up AMISP, Smart Metering System. Initially, a pilot project, in T-Nagar for around 1,00,000 (one lakh) smart metres, had been took place between the year 2020 and 2021. Thereafter, in the year 2021, the respondent had floated a tender f