IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 09-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA AND WMP No. 53260 OF 2025 & WMP No. 3150 OF 2026 M/s.V Best Engineers Rep By Its Managing Partner K.Vignesh No.2B, New Vellala Street, Pandamangalam, Woraiyur, Trichy - 620 003.

..Petitioner(s)

Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government, Department of Public Works, Secretariat, Fort St. George Chennai -600 009.

2. The Engineer in Chief &

Chief Engineer (General)

Public Works Department, Chepauk, Chennai- 600 005.

3. The Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Coimbatore Region, Coimbatore- 641 001.

4. The Superintending Engineer Public Works Department, Buildings Construction & Maintenance Circle, Coimbatore- 641 001.

..Respondent(s)

PRAYER : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the 4^th respondent pertaining to the impugned rejection order of the petitioner’s technical bid for Tender ID 2025_PWD_ 619756_1 uploaded on 27.11.2025 by the 4^th respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the 4^th respondent to treat the petitioner as qualified in the technical bid and further direct the 4^th respondent to consider the petitioner’s financial bid for Tender bearing Tender 2025_PWD_619756_1 in accordance with law and pass orders.

For Petitioner : Mr.G.Dhinesh For Respondents: Mr.M.Suresh Kunar Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.Yogesh Kannadasan Special Government Pleader for R1 to R4

ORDER

The above writ petition has been filed for the following relief : “To issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the 4^th respondent pertaining to the impugned rejection order of the petitioner’s technical bid for Tender ID 2025_PWD_ 619756_1 uploaded on 27.11.2025 by the 4^th respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the 4^th respondent to treat the petitioner as qualified in the technical bid and further direct the 4^th respondent to consider the petitioner’s financial bid for Tender bearing Tender 2025_PWD_619756_1 in accordance with law and pass orders.”

2. The petitioner is a partnership firm registered as Class-1A Contractor with Public Works Department. The petitioner had participated in the e-tender floated by the 4^th respondent vide notification dated 23.09.2025 for carrying out lighting arrangements in Karamadai to Tholampalayam Road in Coimbatore District. The petitioner’s technical bid was rejected on 16.10.2025 for the reason that the petitioner has not uploaded the copy of the Solvency Certificate. Since the said tender was found to be a single-tender and non-responsive, the same was cancelled. Thereafter, the 4^th respondent had issued re-tender for the said project on 28.10.2025. In the said tender, there were three participants including the petitioner. According to the petitioner, its technical bid was rejected by the 4^th respondent on 27.11.2025 without assigning any reasons. In the impugned rejection order, it had only updated the petitioner status as “Not Admitted” and in the reason column it is mentioned “Other documents not fulfilled”.

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3. The petitioner would contend that the reason for rejection is due to the mismatch of the name found in the Solvency Certificate. The petitioner had admitted that it had not uploaded the copy of the Solvency Certificate which they had submitted before the Registering Authority at the time of registration as Contractor in PWD. The petitioner would submit that originally the petitioner firm consists of two partners namely (i) Vignesh ( the petitioner herein) and (ii) Indrani. The said Indrani had retired from the petitioner’s partnership firm and in her place one Mrs.Thenmozhi was inducted on 13.11.2023. The petitioner would submit that the solvency certificate of Thenmozhi is furnished in the tender referred to above. Necessary steps were taken by the petitioner to change the names of the partners in the Government records. But no act