JUDGMENT :

B.N. Mahapatra, J. - In this writ petition, the petitioner challenges the decision of opposite party No.2-State Project Director, Orissa Poverty Reduction Mission (for short, "OPRM") taken on 29.06.2011 under Annexure-7 selecting opposite party No.3-Sumeet Security Service as successful bidder on the ground that the said decision is illegal, arbitrary and unreasonable. Further prayer of the petitioner is to prohibit the said Project Director from entering into agreement with opposite party No.3-Sumeet Security Service and direct the Project Director to declare the petitioner as successful bidder.

2. Petitioner's case in a nutshell is that it is a Human Resources (HR) Consultancy Firm, represented through its Proprietor. It is an empanelled Consultant for supply of human resources to a Project called 'Targeted Rural Initiatives for Poverty Termination and Infrastructure' (for short, "TRIPTI"). The Project Director of OPRM invited proposals on 21.05.2011 to provide consultancy services with regard to supply of human resources at State, District and Block Project Management Units of TRIPTI Project on Outsourcing Basis to the empanelled firms. TRIPTI Project under OPRM is esta