S.P. Wangdi, J.

1. By filing this writ petition the Petitioner, inter alia, seeks for a writ of mandamus for quashing the work order filed as Annexure-P7 by which the Respondent No. 3 was awarded the construction work of Sidkeong Tulku Bird Park at Rabdentse, West Sikkim, estimated at Rs. 5,29,68,000/- (Rupees five crores twenty nine lakhs and sixty eight thousand) and for a direction for retender of the said work by giving wide and sufficient publicity. It is the case of the Petitioner that he is a registered contractor of Class 1(A) category under the Government of Sikkim in the West District and was, therefore, qualified to bid for the aforesaid contract work. The gravamen of the Petitioner's case is that the Notice Inviting Tender (in short 'NIT') in respect of the work was not given the adequate publicity in order to enable wider participation in the tender process by all contractors possessing the requisite eligibility criteria. It is further the case of the Petitioner that due to inadequacy in the extent of circulation of the NIT it was only in the last week of January, 2009 that he got to learn of the NIT having been published, the tender process being completed and the