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2023 (5) TMI 1073 - HC - Indian LawsRejection of Technical Bids of petitioner - rejection on the ground that the Unique Document Identification Number (UDIN) is not generated in the balance-sheet - HELD THAT:- The bidders were required to submit the audited balance-sheet and profit and loss account statement, apart from the Chartered Accountant’s certificate to establish the minimum turnover required of Rs.5.00 Crores on an average for the post three years. The Technical Evaluation Committee which evaluates the bids of all the bidders undertakes the said exercise by sitting in its office. The Technical Evaluation Committee, therefore, is entitled to require the bidders to submit duly authenticated documents, which could be relied upon and verified, if necessary, from its own office. The Technical Evaluation Committee is not expected to run around and gather information from departments, such as Income Tax Department, to verify the authenticity of the documents filed by the bidders. Such an exercise, if required to be undertaken by the Technical Evaluation Committee, would impede the process of the tenders and defeat the very purpose of tendering the works, which will generate revenue for the State - The notification dated 02.08.2019 clearly sets out the purpose of its issuance, and the reason for evolution of the UDIN mechanism. The Tax Audit Reports are mandatorily required to have the Unique Document Identification Number in the light of the aforesaid notification. The Tax Audit Reports, placed on record by the petitioner, do not have the UDIN. That being the position, the Technical Evaluation Committee was justified in not relying on the same, since the authenticity of the Tax Audit Reports, produced by the petitioner along with the bids, could not be verified and established - the rejection of the petitioner’s technical bids on the ground that the Tax Audit Reports did not bear the UDIN appears to be completely justified, and therefore, there is no merit in these petitions. Petition dismissed.
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