JUDGMENT

V. GOPALA GOWDA, C.J. : The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking for issuance of a writ of certiorari to quash the Tender Notice dated 5.7.2011 under Annexure-18 and any other orders in the circumstance of the case urging various facts and legal contentions.

2.The brief facts are stated for the purpose of appreciating the rival legal contention urged on behalf of the parties.

Opposite party No.2, the Orissa State Road Transport Corporation (hereinafter called in short ‘the OSRTC’) is the owner of a piece of land situated at Station Road, Balasore Town, whereupon the erstwhile office building and garage stood. In pursuance of the decision of the Corporation to lease out the said property on monthly lease basis, tenders were invited and published in the Oriya daily ‘The Samaj’ dated 21.3.2012. In the said tender proceedings, the petitioner being an young entrepreneur participated and his bid being the highest, he was called upon for negotiation by the OSRTC and the bid was settled in favour of the petitioner vide letter No.11287 dated 29.4.2002 issued by opposite party No.3 and the said property was allotted to the petitioner on the terms and conditions contained the