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• Administrative Orders - Orders issued by authorized administrative or quasi-judicial bodies in the context of procurement or bidding processes, primarily related to evaluation, eligibility, and qualification of bidders. These include decisions such as declaring a bidder eligible or not eligible, disqualifying bids, or passing technical evaluations ["Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL) VS State Of Assam - Gauhati"], ["D and G Construction vs qers - Gauhati"], ["Pragmatic Infrastructure Pvt Ltd., Through Director Pranvir Singh Kushwaha vs Madhya Pradesh Housing And Infrastructure Development Board - Madhya Pradesh"], ["M/S. DILIP BUILDCON LIMITED vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU - Madras"].

• Orders Declaring Bidders Eligible or Not Eligible - Such orders are typically considered administrative orders because they are made by committees or authorities responsible for evaluating bids, such as the Bid Evaluation Committee or Technical Evaluation Committee. For example, the stand of the petitioner’s counsel that the State respondents could not disqualify the petitioner’s technical bid... is not acceptable indicates the order related to technical qualification is administrative ["Ziqitza Health Care Limited (ZHL) VS State Of Assam - Gauhati"]. Similarly, the technical evaluation committee did not consider the bid of respondent No.2 to be responsive is an administrative decision ["M/S STATE CONSTRUCTION INTEGRATED WORKS UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION (JV) Vs NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA & ANR. - Delhi"], ["LG INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED VS MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LIMITED - Delhi"].

• Nature of Administrative Orders - Judicial review aims to prevent arbitrariness, irrationality, bias, or mala fides in such orders, emphasizing that courts do not assess the technical or soundness of the decision but whether it was made lawfully and procedurally correctly ["D and G Construction vs qers - Gauhati"], ["M/S. DILIP BUILDCON LIMITED vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU - Madras"], ["Manjeet Plastic Industries VS State of Jharkhand - Jharkhand"]. Orders related to eligibility, disqualification, or technical evaluation are therefore classified as administrative or quasi-judicial orders.

• Order Passed by Bid Evaluation Committee - When a committee declares a bidder eligible or not eligible, or evaluates technical bids, such orders are considered administrative orders. For instance, the Technical Evaluation Committee's decision that respondent No.2's bid was non-responsive is an administrative order subject to judicial review for legality and procedural correctness ["M/S STATE CONSTRUCTION INTEGRATED WORKS UNIQUE CONSTRUCTION (JV) Vs NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY OF INDIA & ANR. - Delhi"], ["LG INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED VS MAHANAGAR TELEPHONE NIGAM LIMITED - Delhi"], ["Manjeet Plastic Industries VS State of Jharkhand - Jharkhand"].

Analysis and Conclusion:Orders passed by the Bid Evaluation Committee or Technical Evaluation Committee declaring a bidder eligible or not eligible are indeed administrative orders. These orders are part of the procurement process and are subject to judicial review primarily to ensure they are made lawfully, without bias or arbitrariness, rather than to assess their technical correctness ["D and G Construction vs qers - Gauhati"], ["M/S. DILIP BUILDCON LIMITED vs STATE OF TAMIL NADU - Madras"]. Such orders are fundamental to the integrity of the bidding process and are classified as administrative or quasi-judicial in nature.