JUDGMENT

BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J (ORAL)

1. This writ petition is in respect of the Gare Palma IV/8 coal mine. The petitioner‟s technical bid has been rejected by the Technical Evaluation Committee for the following reasons:-

“Capacity of rolling mill, sinter plant and producer gas plant is not considered for assessment of coal requirement as these are not specified end-use. Since consumption norms for coal requirement for blast furnace were not provided for this mine, coal requirement for blast furnace shall not be considered.

Also, washery and transit losses shall not be considered for assessment of coal requirement as per clarification issued.

The Bidder‟s coal entitlement as computed after considering permission end uses and excluding washery and transit loses, is less than the extractable reserves of the Coal Mine. Hence, the bid is rejected.”

From the above, it is seen that the capacity of the rolling mills, sinter plant and producer gas plant, according to the respondents, is not to be considered for assessment of the coal requirement. It is also indicated that the coal requirement for the blast furnace is also not to be considered. Washery and transit losses are also stated to be ig