GUWAHATI, India, March 4 -- Gauhati High Court issued the following order on Feb. 4:
1. This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is presented to assail a bid evaluation process undertaken by the respondent authorities in the Excise Department in connection with a bidding process initiated by a eBid Notice dated 15.12.2023 published by the respondent no. 3. The petitioner has preferred this writ petition after opening of the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders on 13.02.2024 to challenge the emergence of the respondent no. 6 as the highest bidder [H-1] with the petitioner emerging as the second highest bidder [H-2].
2. The facts leading to the filing of the writ petition can be stated, briefly, as f...