JUDGMENT :

Prashant Kumar, J.

1. Heard Shri C.B. Yadav, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Nisheeth Yadav, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri Ashish Mishra, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 2 and 3, Shri Anand Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for respondent no. 4 and learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Union of India.

2. The petitioner submits that they are doing business of supplying trained security guards. The respondent no. 2-LIC floated a tender for Supply of Security Personnels, and the petitioner being a successful bidder, an agreement was executed to supply security guards to respondent nos. 2 and 3 for a period of seven years, i.e. from 2007 to 2015. Thereafter, from 2015 to 2022, the work was allotted to some other company, this contract was about to come to an end on 30th June, 2022. Subsequently, the tender was extended by one year.

3. The respondent nos. 2 and 3 published a tender dated 06.05.2022 in various newspapers on 26.05.2022 and was also uploaded on the GeM Portal as it is mandatory by the State to put all the government tenders on t