DR. B.R. SARANGI,J.

Smt. Sita Devi More, who is the partner of M/s. MORE TRADERS, Bhadrak, is the petitioner no.1 and Smt. Sujata Shaw, who is the proprietress of M/s. MEGHA FUELS, Balasore, is the petitioner no.2. Both M/s. MORE TRADERS, Bhadrak and M/s. MEGHA FUELS, Balasore are the dealers/transporters of Indian Oil Corporation Limited and registered as a Micro & Small Enterprises (MSE). By way of this writ petition, both the petitioners seek to quash the action of the opposite parties in denying them transportation contract despite being L-1 and further to issue direction to the opposite parties for issuance of Letter of Acceptance (LOA) in respect of their six numbers of Tanker Trucks (TT) (12-16 KL) Transportation Contracts, pursuant to e-Tender No.RCC/ERO/37/2020-21/PT-232 for Road Transporta-tion of Bulk Petroleum Products- MS/HSD/ Branded Fuels, Ex Location-Balasore Depot issued by opposite party no.2 (Operation Department) Odisha State Office, Bhubaneswar.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that the Marketing Division of opposite party no.1 floated e- Tender dated 19.03.2022 inviting bids from intending bidders for Road Transportation of Bulk Petroleum Products