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4. The 1st respondent had filed a counter-affidavit with the following allegations. It was stated that there are no grounds warranting interference under Article 226 of the Constitution of India and the allegations are denied except those specifically admitted in the counter-affidavit. It was further averred in the counter-affidavit that a tender was called by the Director of School Education, vide Tender Notice No. 242/SCERT/Computer Cell/DS/2001, dated 16-6-2001 for leasing of computer hardware and software and connected accessories and provision of computer education in 1000 Government schools through out the State of Andlira Pradesh. For this purpose the 23 Districts are divided into 8 different groups from A to H. Each bidder has to file a separate bid for each group. The petitioner, M/s. Tera Software Limited have filed their bid for Group-G. As per the original tender document, Clause 8(a) reads as." All particulars must be furnished as asked for in the prescribed technical and commercial bid in the bid document", which is general condition. Also the Clause 17(b) of the original bid document which reads as "Tenders with incomplete information are liable for rejection", is also a general condition mentioned in all bid documents so that the bidders furnish complete information in the bid documents. In this connection, it may be stated that any information not furnished in the bid, which is fatal for evaluation of bids and not curable is considered as sufficient ground for rejection of bids. For example, M/s. NIIT, a bidder in Group-E, has not quoted the prices at all for Category-F, hence, their bid was not considered for this group. Generally, non-submission of any information which is not fatal for the evaluation of the tender process and which can be inferred from the information available in the bid submitted by the bidder or which can be obtained from the bidder separately and deficiency of such information is relaxed and the bid is considered for evaluation. In the original tender document, the commercial bid format given at page 60 of the tender document, was for furnishing the 'Lease rental for computer hardware, software and accessories including installation, testing and commissioning (Co.1) (Excluding Sales tax, if any)' and 'Service fee for provision of computer education (Excluding sales tax, if any) (Col.2)'. Below the format a note was affixed stating that 'For the purpose of tender evaluation, rate quoted (i.e., Total of col. 1 and col.2 alone shall be reckoned.' Subsequently, as averred by the petitioner, the original bid document was amended after discussions with the bidders held during the pre-bid conference held on 9-7-2001 and the commercial bid format was modified and a new format was furnished in the amended document (Annexure II) as shown below: