TMI Blog2022 (10) TMI 176X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e rival submissions and on balancing the equities, this Court is of the opinion that interest of justice as well as public interest would be served if an interim order is passed at this stage. Accordingly, it is provided that no further action be taken by the respondent nos. 1 2 OIL after declaration of the respondent no. 3 as the L-1 till the returnable date. Since, the work is of public int ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... fails to specify a uniform GST rate applicable to all bidders for the services. The specific case of the petitioner is that while making the evaluation, irrelevant factors namely the diverse GST quoted by the parties have been taken into consideration whereby the sanctity of the concept of competitive bids would be lost. 3. In the present case, the petitioners bid value is Rs.8,45,74,415/- wit ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ice on behalf of the respondent no. 4. Extra copies be served upon the learned counsel for the respondents by 26.07.2022. 6. Heard the learned counsel on the interim prayer. 7. Shri Nair, the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner submits that the work is of a huge magnitude wherein a huge amount of public money is involved. By drawing the attention of this Court to the comparative statem ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... e petitioner and therefore, the petitioner is estopped from raising the said issue after its bid came out unsuccessful in the bid evaluation. 10. Both the rival parties have also referred to a number of case laws in support of the respective stands. 11. After serious consideration of the rival submissions and on balancing the equities, this Court is of the opinion that interest of justice as ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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