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SUJOY PAUL, ANIL VERMA
MOHAMMAD SULTAN KHAN – Appellant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA – Respondent
ORDER SUJOY PAUL, J. – In these petitions, the parties are at loggerheads on the validity of decision of the respondents in accepting bid of private respondent after declaring him as disqualified. It is further prayed that since petitioners are the lowest bidders and qualified the technical bid, they may be awarded the tender. Since both the petitions are similar, on the joint request of the parties, the matters were analogously heard and decided by this common order.
2. Facts are taken from W. P. No. 17290/2020.
3. The respondent/department issued a notice inviting tender (NIT) on 26-6-2020 (Annexure P/5) for transport of posts on the route Indore to Burhanpur. It was pointed out that the only difference in the connected matter is that the route involved therein is different. The petitioners, respondent No. 4 and other persons submitted their tender submission form. The petitioners duly submitted their signed tender documents. Petitioners duly filled up all the relevant columns of the prescribed tender form. They furnished the necessary information against relevant columns and
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