Poddar Steel Corporation vs Ganesh Engineering Works And Others on 6 May, 1991
In the
circumstances the relevant condition in the advertisement would not fall in
the first category of cases as dealt with by this Court in Poddar Steel
Corporation (supra). The authorities could therefore validly deviate from
and not insist upon strict literal compliance. The discretion so exercised
by the authorities could not have therefore been faulted. Thus, the
assessment made by the High Court that the condition in question was an
essential condition for non-compliance of which, the bid furnished by the
appellant was required to be rejected, in our view was not correct.