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2026:CGHC:10375-DB

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPC No. 901 of 2026

M/s Piyush Construction Shanti Nagar, Shivnandanpur, Post Office-

Bishrampur, District- Surjapur (C.G.) Through Its Partner, Rakesh Kumar

Agrawal, S/o Shri Prahlad Rai Agrawal, Aged About 46 Years, R/o Ward No.

12, Nehru Park Road, District- Surajpur (C.G.)

... Petitioner

versus

1 - South Eastern Coalfields Limited Through Chairman Cum Managing

Director, Secl Hq- Seepat Road, District- Bilaspur (C.G.)

2 - General Manager Office Of The Area General Manager, Secl, Bishrampur

Area, Post Office Bishrampur, District Surajpur (C.G.)

3 - Tender Committee Through Staff Officer (Civil) Secl, Bishrampur Area, Post

Office Bishrampur, District Surajpur (C.G.)

4 - M/s Firoz Ahmed Siddiqui Through General Manager Secl, Bishrampur

Area, Post Office Bishrampur, District Surajpur (C.G.)

... Respondents

(Cause title taken from Case Information System)

For Petitioner : Mr. Chandresh Shrivastava, Advocate

Digitally For Respondents : Mr. Rajeev Shrivastava, Senior Advocate

signed by

VED

VED PRAKASH along with Mr. Pankaj Singh, Advocate

PRAKASH DEWANGAN

DEWANGAN Date:

2026.03.03

10:47:03

+0530

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Hon'ble Shr i Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Hon'ble Shri R avindra Kumar Agrawal , Judge

Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

27/02/2026

1.

The present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the

Constitution of India by the petitioner, M/s Piyush Construction, calling in

question the legality and validity of the action of the respondents,

particularly the Tender Committee of South Eastern Coalfields Limited

(SECL), in declaring the petitioner technically ineligible for opening of its

price bid in respect of the tender floated for construction of Parking Yard

at Gayatri UG Mine of RGK Sub Area. The petitioner further challenges

the consequential decision whereby respondent No. 4 has been

declared L-1 after opening of the financial bids. The impugned action, as

reflected from the deliberation/recommendation of the Tender Committee

and the B.O.Q. summary dated 10/12.02.2026 (Annexure P-1 and P-2),

is assailed on the grounds of arbitrariness, discrimination, violation of

the terms and conditions of the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT), and

infringement of the principles of natural justice.

2.

The present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking the

following reliefs:-

“10.1. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to

call for the entire record pertaining to the case of

the petitioner.

10.2. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to

quash the impugned disqualification of petitioner

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dated 10/12.02.2026 (Annexure P-1) issued by

the respondent no. 3.

10.3. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to

direct the respondent no.2 and 3 to declare the

technical bid of petitioner as qualified and his

financial/price bid be considered and evaluated

allowing him further participation in Tender

process.

10.4. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to

direct the respondent authorities to consider the

case of the Petitioner in connection of the present

tender process in the light of the terms and

conditions mentioned in the NIT and in the spirit

of the doctrine of fair play and public policy and

fetching the best interest of the tender Process in

question;

10.5. The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to

direct the respondent authorities not to finalize the

tender and issue any work order in favour of

respondent no.4 during the pendency of the

instant writ petition and if the same is issued

meanwhile, such work order may kindly be

quashed;

10.6. Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court

may deem fit and proper may also be awarded to

the petitioner including the cost of the petition.”

3.

The facts of the case as emerges from the pleadings of the petition are

that, the petitioner is a registered partnership firm engaged in civil

construction works and is duly registered under the GST laws bearing

Registration No. 22ABEFP4003B1Z4. The firm has been regularly

participating in tenders floated by South Eastern Coalfields Limited