JUDGMENT

Per : Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva

1. Petitioner impugns the acceptance of Technical Bid of Respondent No. 5 consortium and seeks a direction to the tender inviting authority i.e. Madhya Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. (hereinafter referred as to “MPCSCL”) to consider petitioner’s bid being L-2 for execution of the work under Notice Inviting Tender (NIT for short) dated 03.09.2025 whereby offers were invited for sector-wise long route transportation, unloading and stacking of food grains.

2. MPCSCL had invited bids for sector-wise long route transportation and unloading of food-grains for the year 2025–2027. Petitioner M/s Zenith Transport Company, Respondent No. 5 M/s Urja Transport Company and one M/s Sona Transport Company participated by submitting their bids and after technical evaluation on 10.10.2025, all the bids were declared technically responsive. On 13.10.2025, financial bids were opened and respondent No. 5 M/s Urja Transport Company was declared as L-1, the petitioner and M/s Sona Transport Company as L-2 and L-3 respectively.

3. On 15.10.2025, petitioner submitted objections to the decision dated 10.10.2025 challenging the declaration of respondent