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2018 (1) TMI 1003

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..... orities found the price quoted by the successful bidder to be lower than that of the petitioner after taking GST implications. Such a decision cannot faulted as being perverse - there is no material irregularity in the decision making process of the respondent authorities or their decision warranting an interference by the writ Court - petition dismissed. - W. P. No. 569 ( W ) of 2018 - - - Dated .....

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..... o such enquiry, the petitioners had stated that, the amount quoted by the petitioners did not include GST as at the time of initiation of the tender process, GST was not in force. The other participant apparently had claimed that, GST was included in the quoted price. The authorities thereafter did not find the petitioners to be the lowest tenderer as the rate quoted by the other tenderer after fa .....

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..... uccessful bidder. There is no infirmity in the action taken by the authorities. Moreover, the work order has since been issued in October, 2017. The writ Court should not intervene in such factual scenario. I have considered the rival contentions of the parties and the materials made available on record. As noted above, the tender process initiated by the tender notice dated April 27, 2017 i .....

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..... f GST. The successful bidder, however, stated that, their price included GST. On evaluation, the authorities found the price quoted by the successful bidder to be lower than that of the petitioner after taking GST implications. Such a decision cannot faulted as being perverse. In such circumstances, I find no material irregularity in the decision making process of the respondent authorities or .....

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