(Attau Rahman Masoodi, J.)

1. A manifestation of man's eternal quest to conquer space, time and distance is about to be historically witnessed and achieved with the launching of the Lucknow Metrol Rail Project in the capital city of the State of Uttar Pradesh, which moment has been supplemented with the flutter and excitement of this legal battle between two commercial giants, vying against each other, to bag the prestigious contract of commissioning the project to be executed by the Lucknow Metro Rail Corporation. On the project becoming functional, the vision of reducing and eliminating traffic jams as well as environmental pollution is likely to be fulfilled if not entirely, at least upto the aspirations of the people in their endeavour to preserve the culturally rich heritage city of Lucknow.

2. The petitioner alleges an unfair treatment meted out to it by the 'Corporation to non suit its tender midway in spite of its lowest bid having been found to be technically and financially sound, on a ground that is unsupportable on any legal principles, and simultaneously complains of award of contract to the third respondent's consortium by deliberately avoiding to investigate