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It is worthwhile to notice at this juncture itself that the bid by the petitioner firm was submitted on 24.11.2020 through its partner, Mukesh Kumar himself.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has drawn our attention to the Tender Summary Report dated 07.01.2021 which has been annexed as annexure-8 to the writ petition and which appears to have been uploaded on e-Procurement System of the Government of Uttar Pradesh at 1.13 P.M. on 07.01.2021. The said Summary Report dated 07.01.2021 shows that the Pre Qualifying Technical Bid of the petitioner-firm was accepted. Our attention has also been drawn to a document annexed as annexure-9 to the writ petition which gives Bid List Details and appears to have been uploaded on the portal on 22.01.2021 at 11.28 A.M. The said document reveals the status of the petitioner-firm as "Accepted Fee". There is another document which has been annexed as annexure-10 to the writ petition which is Tender Summary Report dated 22.01.2021 uploaded on the portal at 1.54 P.M. which reflects that the Pre Qualifying Technical Bid of the petitioner stood rejected. Thus, the Pre Qualifying Technical Bid of the petitioner was rejected on 22.01.2021. In an order dated 22.01.2021 passed by the Superintending Engineer concerned which is described as "Tender Revocation" the reasons for rejection of the Technical Bid of the petitioner-firm has also been indicated, according to which a complaint was received against the petitioner-firm that it had concealed material fact in paragraph 7 of the affidavit (IDT-3) filed along with the bid documents and for the said reason the tender submitted by the petitioner was revoked and it was further provided that Revised Technical Bid Evaluation shall be uploaded online accordingly.