Authority: Uttarakhand High Court (Hon'ble Judges Manoj Kumar Tiwari, J., and Siddhartha Sah, J.)
Order Date: 09 September 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioners: M/s Arvind Associates; Respondent: Chairman, Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam.
- Writ petitions WPMB No. 740/2026 and WPMB No. 736/2026 were heard together; for brevity only facts of WPMB No. 740/2026 are considered.
- Petitioner alleges its technical bid submitted in response to a tender notice issued by Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam was rejected, and the rejection grounds were not uploaded on the website.
- Respondent counsel contends the technical bid was rejected because the Cash Credit Limit provided by the petitioner was insufficient, and notes that the financial bid has not yet been opened.
- The court observed that common questions of law and fact exist in both petitions and therefore disposed of them together.
Final Outcome
- The writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the Competent Authority to decide on the petitioner's issue (presumably the technical bid rejection) before opening the financial bid, effectively staying further proceedings on the financial bid.
Topics: Tender Process, Judicial Review