Jagdish Mandal vs State Of Orissa & Ors on 11 December, 2006
9. The argument of learned counsel for the petitioner is
that the rate offered by the petitioner is much less than the rate
offered by the successful tenderer, therefore, the State would be
spending more amount; had the contract been awarded to the
petitioner. Learned counsel for the petitioner relies upon a Supreme
Court order reported as Jagdish Mandal Vs. State of Orissa and
others, (2007) 14 SCC 517, particularly paragraph 22 which reads as
under:-