ORDER

A. The Case of the Petitioner:

The Writ Petitioner, M/s.S.S. & Co., is a partnership firm registered with the Registrar of Firms, Karaikudi, vide FR/Karikudi/6/2022. Claiming 18 years of experience of its Managing Partner, it was registered as a Class-I Contractor with the fourth respondent by proceedings dated 18.05.2022 and has since executed more than 70 works without any blemish.

2. The petitioner and the sixth and seventh respondents participated in the Tender dated 19.08.2025. The petitioner was L1 [the Lowest One bidder]. With malafide intention to award the tender to the respondents 6 and 7, the third respondent delayed the opening of the bid, which ought to have been on 30.09.2025.

3. Based on complaints made by the respondents 6 and 7, on 29.10.2025, a communication was issued to the petitioner raising certain queries regarding the partnership, pointing out the discrepancy in the partnership deed regarding the number of partners, which was stated as four in one place and five in another, and the inclusion of minors as partners. The petitioner found that the petitioner's partnership deed, which accompanied the bid, was illegally supplied to the respondents 6 and 7. T