IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Decision: 30.01.2025 Deepak Kumar ....Petitioner Versus Food Corporation of India ....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURESHWAR THAKUR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS SURI ----

Present: Mr. Anurag Chopra, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Sunish Bindlish, Advocate (Standing Counsel FCI)

Mr. Viney Kumar, Advocate Ms. Ridhi Bansal, Advocate Mr. Sagar Ratusaria, Advocate for respondent-FCI.

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Sureshwar Thakur, J. (Oral)

1. The writ petitioner prays for the quashing of the rejection order Annexure P-4, wherebys the petitioner’s representation against the rejection of his technical bid became rejected. At the very outset, the subject works are at a nascent stage, inasmuch as, though the subject works stand awarded to the successful bidders, but the services asked to be performed by the successful bidders have not yet commenced.

2. The above nascent stage of the works allotted to the successful bidders, is of grave importance, inasmuch as, it may ultimately effectively sway this Court to the extent, that in case this Court is convinced that the disqualification entailed upon the petitioner’s technical bid, thus was as ill made dis