ORDER

% 14.03.2024

1. Present writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner challenging the letter dated 12th March, 2024 issued by the Respondent-Corporation, whereby the Petitioner was disqualified from the tender.

2. By the disqualification letter dated 12th March, 2024, the disqualification has been done also on the ground that upon cross verification from the ICAI portal, IRCTC did not find that all the particulars as per Annexure E have been mentioned in the ICAI portal.

3. The petitioner has stated that the details matching Annexure E were also mentioned on the ICAI portal, albeit due to an inadvertent mistake on the part of the Chartered Accountant, under a different UDIN number.

4. In order to resolve the matter and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, IRCTC shall open the financial bid of the petitioner, upon verifying the correctness of the statement made by the petitioner.

5. With respect to the absence of notarization on the documents submitted with respect to Sr. No. 6(B), since the documents provided pertain to those issued by IRCTC themselves, the respondent has agreed to not insist upon this requirement of notarization.

6. This is a