JUDGMENT :

Krushna Ram Mohapatra, J.

1. The Petitioner in this writ petition calls in question the rejection of its technical bid by the Indian Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) for the work "Development of Tourism Facilitation Centre-cum-Multilevel Parking at Puri, Odisha (Prasad Scheme)" (for brevity 'the work') under Annexure-5.

2. Pursuant to a Tender Call Notice (Annexure-1) issued by the ITDC for the work for an estimated cost of Rs. 19,12,65,674.25, the Petitioner, Opposite Party No. 7 and other bidders submitted their bids. The last date of submission of the bid was 2nd January, 2020 and the technical bid was scheduled to be opened on 3rd January, 2020 at 16.00 hours electronically. It is revealed from the averments in the writ petition that after opening of the technical bids, the Petitioner was sent an e-mail from the Senior Manager (Civil)-HQ, ITDC-Opposite Party No. 4 on 31st January, 2020 requiring him to submit the following:

(i) Copy of the work order and scheduled of quantity for the work for an amount of Rs. 25,96,99,318.00.

(ii) History and structure of firm, name of Director/Partners/Proprietor/with Technical Staff.

3. The Petitioner was required to comply with t