REPORTABLE 2025 INSC 1276 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO.____________/2025 (@ SLP (C) No. 20557/2021)

KIMBERLEY CLUB PVT. LTD. APPELLANT(S)

VERSUS KRISHI UTPADAN MANDI PARISHAD & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)

J U D G M E N T

Joymalya Bagchi, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. Appellant is aggrieved by the judgment and order dated 07.09.2021 whereby the Division Bench of the Allahabad High Court, Lucknow Bench refused to set aside the decision of 1st respondent-Krishi Utpadan Mandi Parishad¹ rejecting appellant’s technical bid on the ground that the ‘haisiyat praman patra’ submitted by it had not been issued by District Magistrate.

3. Dispute arose from a tender floated by 1st respondent-Mandi Parishad to let out a banquet hall/terrace lawn for 10 years to the highest bidder.

Signature Not Verified The notice inviting tender, [Digitally signed by] prescribed a two-stage bidding process ARJUN BISHT Date: 2025.10.31 Reason:

1 Hereinafter referred to as “1st respondent-Mandi Parishad”

2 Hereinafter referred to as “NIT”

comprising a technical bid and a financial bid. The technical bids were to be evaluated first and only bidders meeting the eligibility criteria would qualify