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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Tender--Bid documents--Rejection of--Validity--Rejection of tender on ground that documents of ‘financial bid’ were placed in envelop marked ‘eligibility document’--Mistake was not serious and could be allowed to be rectified

2010(1) LAW HERALD (P&H) (DB) 405
IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
(DIVISION BENCH)
Before
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel
The Hon’ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh
CWP No. 19424 of 2009
Varindera Construction Ltd.
v.
Chandigarh Housing Board & Ors.
{Decided on 14/01/2010}
For the Petitioner: Mr. Chetan Mittal, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Keshav Kataria, Advocate.
For the Respondents No.1 to 3: Mr. Anupam Gupta, Advocate.
For the Respondent No.4: Mr. Harsh Aggarwal, Advocate.
IMPORTANT POINT
Tender--Bid documents--Rejection of--Validity--Rejection of tender on ground that documents of ‘financial bid’ were placed in envelop marked ‘eligibility document’--Mistake was not serious and could be allowed to be rectified.
Tender--Bid documents--Rejection of--Validity--Rejection of tender on ground that documents of ‘financial bid’ were placed in envelop marked ‘eligibility document’--Contention of petitioner that mistake was not serious and could be allowed to be rectified is well founded and conceded even by official respondents--Rejection of bid by petitioner arbitrary and liable to be quashed--Respondents-board to proceed in matter in accordance with law. (P.6, 7 & 8)