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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Hemant Chandangoudar, J
N.Nattathy – Appellant
Versus
The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Warehousing Corporation Limited – Respondent
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| 1. tender for divisible handling contracts at 62 warehouses lacks sc/st reservation. (Para 2 , 3 , 9) |
| 2. parties dispute divisibility and applicability of statutory reservation. (Para 4 , 5 , 6 , 7) |
| 3. direct price-matching opportunity; petition disposed without costs. (Para 8 , 17 , 18 , 19) |
| 4. divisible tenders require 5% sc/st reservation matching lowest bid. (Para 10 , 11 , 16) |
| 5. writ maintainable; precedents inapplicable to statutory violations. (Para 13 , 14 , 15) |
O R D E R
The petitioner, a Transport Contractor, is before this Court seeking issuance of a writ of mandamus directing the respondent to amend the E- Tender Notice dated 19.02.2026, inviting bids for the contract of handling and transportation of food grains and other notified commodities, along with allied services at the warehouses, as set out in pages 96 to 99 of the tender document, by incorporating 5% reservation for Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe communities, as mandated under proviso (4) to Section 10 (2) of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tenders Act, 1998 and Rule 30(c) of the Tamil Nadu Transparency in Tender Rules, 2000 .
2. The petitioner belongs to the Scheduled Caste community and is eli
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