Order :

SUNIL BENIWAL, J.

1. The petitioner has preferred this writ petition being aggrieved of the action of the respondent No.2, whereby the bid submitted by the petitioner-firm for operating the boat services at Nakki Lake, Mt. Abu, District Sirohi for the year 2025-2028 was declared to be non-responsive and the bid submitted by the respondent No.4 was declared to be responsive, consequent to which the tender was awarded to respondent no.4.

2. The facts in nutshell are that the respondent No.2 floated a tender whereby bids were invited from the eligible firms for operating boating services at Nakki Lake for the year 2025-2028 vide communication dated 19.12.2025 (Annex.1).

2.1 The petitioner, treating itself to be eligible, submitted its bid. Thereafter, a pre-bid meeting was convened on 29.12.2025 wherein certain modification was made in the Condition No.21 of the tender notice and a corrigendum was issued on 06.01.2026 (Annex.5). The petitioner has also questioned the decision of the respondent No.2 in issuing such corrigendum and changing the terms and conditions of the tender.

2.2 The technical bid was opened on 13.01.2026 and the bid submitted by the petitioner was considered to