ORAL JUDGMENT

(PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE)

1. The appellant has filed the present appeal impugning a common order dated 24.02.2026 [impugned order] passed by the learned Single Judge in a set of six writ petitions including W.P.No.39669/2025 (GM-TEN).

2. The appellant is aggrieved by the impugned order insofar as it relates to his W.P.No.39669/2025. The appellant had filed the said petition, inter alia, impugning a re-tender notification dated 26.12.2025 issued by respondent No.2, calling for fresh bids for extraction and transportation of Eucalyptus, Casuarina and Subabool Pulpwood from various plantations within the Bangalore Division.

3. The appellant is, essentially, aggrieved by the cancellation of an earlier tender process initiated vide e-tender notification dated 08.11.2025. The appellant had participated in the said bidding process and claims that he was the lowest bidder (L1) in respect of number of units (plantations) in the Bangalore Division and thus was entitled to be awarded the contract for the same.

4. The respondents state that they had cancelled the said tender notification, inter alia, on various grounds including that the tenders submitted wer