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10. It is further submitted that the Courts have repeatedly frowned upon the practice of accepting a single tender, as reiterated by this Court in Kandasami vs. The Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and others, in W.P.(MD) No.13508 of 2023, MANU/TN/3202/2023 vide Order dated 09.06.2023.

11. The learned counsel for the Petitioner drew attention to the definition of ''single tender'' as per the aforementioned guideline of the Central Government.

30. It is further submitted by the learned Additional Advocate General for the 1st to 3rd Respondents that the case does not pertain to a 'single tender'. It is submitted that the concept of 'single tender' applies only where there are no participants. In the present case, there were at ______________ https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis ( Uploaded on: 28/08/2025 09:01:15 pm )  W.P.(MD) Nos.20235 to 20238 and 20889 of 2025 least three or four bidders in respect to the respective tender and two of them were selected following evaluation at the technical stage and thereafter after the price bid was opened.

79. In Kandasami Vs. The Commissioner of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department and Ors., MANU/TN/3202/2023 case referred to supra dealt with it was observed as under:

''13.In the said guideline with respect to determination of a single tender and with respect to opening of single bid tendered, it had been provided as follows:-

“A. Definition of Single Tender: If, consequent to invitation of tenders/bids for any package, only one bid/tender is received or consequent to technical evaluation if only one bid/tender is found eligible, such bids/tenders shall be termed as single tenders for the purposes of PMGSY*.