IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA

CONSTITUTIONAL WRIT JURISDICTION

Appellate Side

Present:

The Hon’ble Justice Ajay Kumar Gupta

WPA 18675 of 2019

With

CAN 1/2020 & CAN 2/2025

United Order and Supply Co-Operative Society Ltd.

Versus

The State of West Bengal and Others

For the Petitioner : Mr. Satrajit Sinha Roy, Adv.

For the Respondent No. 17 : Mr. Sagar Bandyopadhyay, Ld. Sr. Adv.

Ms. Soma Kar Ghosh, Adv.

Ms. Suparna Paul, Adv.

Mr. Arabinda Pathak, Adv.

Ms. Shilpi Ghosh, Adv.

For the State Respondents : Mr. Saikat Chatterjee, Adv.

Ms. Amrita Panja Mallick, Adv.

Heard on : 20.08.2025 Judgment on : 27.08.2025

Ajay Kumar Gupta, J:

1. The writ petitioner approached this Court praying for direction upon the respondent authorities to admit the technical bid of the Petitioner and to reject the technical bids of respondent nos. 15 to 17 in connection with the tender process initiated in NIT No. 3542 dated 27.05.2019 for supply of cooked diet for indoor patients at Bankura Sammilani Medical College & Hospital, Bankura along with other consequential reliefs.

2. The sum and substance of this case is that the petitioner is a society duly registered under the Co- operative Societies Act, 1983 and engaged, inter alia, in