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6. Mr. U.K. Samal, learned counsel for the petitioner contended that as per the letter of the Government dated 02.03.2022 with regard to procurement of Laptops and Desktops for computerization of district offices under Samagra Shiksha, the technical specification for the Desktop and Laptop as recommended by the Technical Committee meeting held on 05.01.2022 has been prescribed under Annexure-A and so far as Desktop Model Certification is concerned, it was prescribed that the Desktop should have Ubuntu Linux operating system. But opposite parties 4 and 5 had not produced such certificate. Therefore, their technical bid in respect of 18 districts had been rejected. However so far as Kandhamal District is concerned though opposite parties 4 and 5 had not the requisite qualification, not only their technical bid was accepted, but also they were declared as L1 and L 2 bidder in the financial bid evaluation under Annexure-9. It is further contended that since opposite parties had not produced the Desktop Model Certification having Ubuntu Linux operating system, the bids submitted by opposite parties 3 and 4, could not have been considered to be qualified either in the technical bid or in the financial bid under Annexure-9.