2018 (6) TMI 301 – PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT – TMI – Tender inquiry for award of contract – tender inquiry has been rejected on the ground that GST number had not been furnished – Held that:- Clause 8 (v) of the Standard Bidding Document calling upon each bidder to submit last filed GST return along with GST number would be construed as an essential term of the contract – The petitioner having admittedly not complied with such condition, there would be no infirmity as regards rejection of his technical bid – petition dismissed. – CWP No.14649 of 2018 (O&M) Dated:- 31-5-2018 – MR. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, ACJ AND MR. TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA, J. For The Petitioner : Mr. S.K.Choudhary, Advocate ORDER TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA, J. Tender inquiry fo
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petitioner yet he has been awarded the contract. In a nutshell, argument raised is that if the condition of furnishing GST number had to be relaxed then a pick and choose policy could not have been adopted by the authorities concerned and such relaxation should have been granted across the board and to all the bidders/participants in the tender process including the petitioner. Having heard counsel for the petitioner at length and having perused the pleadings on record, we are of the considered opinion that there is no merit in the petition and the same deserves to be dismissed. It has gone uncontroverted that as per Clause 8(v) of the Standard Bidding Document, each bidder had to submit copy of last filed GST return along with GST number.
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