IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA Constitutional Writ Jurisdiction Appellate Side Present :- Hon’ble Justice Amrita Sinha WPA 5137 of 2025 The Freyssinet Prestressed Concrete Co. Ltd. & Anr.

Vs.

The State of West Bengal & Ors.

For the writ petitioners :- Mr. Jaydip Kar, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Ayan Banerjee, Adv. Mr. Sameer Parekh, Adv.

Mr. Sumit Goel, Adv.

Ms. Debjani Sengupta, Adv.

Mr. Jayant Bajaj, Adv.

Ms. Ruchi Krishna Chauhan, Adv.

Ms. Tulika Sil, Adv.

Ms. Paulomi Ghosh, Adv.

For State :- Mr. Samrat Sen, AAG.

Mr. Pantu Deb Roy, AGP. Mr. S. Guha Biswas, Adv.

Hearing concluded on :- 19.03.2025 Judgment on :- 25.03.2025 Amrita Sinha, J.:-

1. Rejection of the petitioners’ bid at the technical evaluation stage is impugned in the instant writ petition.

2. In response to a Notice Inviting Bid for repair and rehabilitation of existing distressed bridges of National Highway 60 (New National Highway 14) under package 4, the petitioners submitted its bid. The project was of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the repairing work is under the aegis of the Government of West Bengal, Public Works Department (Roads Wing).

3. The bid of the petitioners was declared as non responsive at the technical bid stage