24879 of 2005]
S.B. SINHA, J :
Leave granted.
A notice inviting tender was issued by the Maharashtra State
Electricity Board, now known ... said notice inviting tender,
Appellant herein as also Respondent Nos. 1, 4 and 5 submitted their tenders.
Tender of Appellant herein was accepted by MAHAGENCO
Division
Bench.
The dispute concerns the terms and conditions of Notices
Inviting Tenders [NITs] for supply of High Security Registration Plates
to motor vehicles ... Rules').
The main grievance of the petitioner is that all Notices Inviting
Tenders (NITs) which have been issued by various State Governments
contain conditions
respondent Corporation. It is worth noticing that there is no complaint regarding the cancellation of earlier notice inviting tender. The complaint was in respect ... tender notice in their wisdom and those tender notices and the cancellation of those tender notice was never questioned, merely because those earlier tender notices
Nadu Transparency in Tenders Rules, 2000, the Tender Inviting Authority shall have the notice inviting tender published in the Indian Trade Journal in all cases ... advertising tender notice, the Government had framed guidelines that if the value of the tender is more than Rs.50 crores, the tender notice should
notice
that nearly 77 tenders have been found eligible as per the terms
and conditions of the tender. The revised tender conditions have
been framed ... organized pre-bind meetings inviting objections and suggestions
with regard to the proposed terms and conditions of the notice
inviting tender Annex
petitioner) has preferred the present Letters Patent Appeal.
2. Factual Matrix:
Notice inviting tender for construction of godown at district
Koderma was published by Food ... This condition
may be imposed by an offeror or in the notice inviting tender itself.
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This condition has a direct nexus with inflation. Today
publication of the notice inviting tender having the
following dates:
Event Original Dates Revised Dates
Tender Document 23.01.2004 28.01.2004
Purchase
Tender Document 24.01.2004 29.01.2004
Submission ... tenderer. Mere rejection of the L-1
tenderer, cannot be the basis of imputing criminal liability. The notice
inviting tender itself contemplated in clause
said Unit. This notice inviting tender dated 13.10.95 required the submission of the tenders on or before 9.11.95 and the tenders were to be opened ... both the notices inviting tenders i.e. dated 9.10.95 and 13.10.95. It has been further explained that since three tenders under notice inviting tenders dated
writ petitions of the petitionerrespondent and set aside the
Notice Inviting Tender for grant of exclusive privilege of manufacture
and supply of country liquor ... order of
Member, Board of Revenue, who issued two impugned Notice Inviting
Tenders to initiate selection process for grant of above exclusive privilege
number of
tenders received is less than three, tender should be invited afresh.
vi. In case of invitation of tender under two-bid system ... number of
tenderers/bidders qualified in the technical bid is less than three, tender
should be invited afresh.
vii. The lowest tender for such works
