JABALPUR, India, Jan. 20 -- Madhya Pradesh High Court issued the following judgment/order on Dec. 19:
1. Petitioners in W.P. No. 29547/2024 are elected members of the State Bar Council 1. Petitioner impugns decision dated 15.07.2025 taken in minutes of meeting of the State Level Technical Committee, whereby the bid of respondent no.10 has been accepted and respondent no.10 has been declared to be the L1 bidder.
2. The contention of the petitioner is that petitioner is the L1 bidder and respondent no.10 had incorrectly quoted the rates and had subsequently qualified its rate which shows that petitioner is the L1 bidder.
3. Respondent no.9 under instructions of respondent nos.1 & 2 had issued a notice inviting tender for interception and diversion of work for tapping Nallah and setup sewage treatment plant and the estimated contract value was Rs.601.00 Lakhs. Three bidders participated in the tender, petitioner, respondent no.10 and one M/s. Goutam Gouri Constructions Company.
4. The tender document required the bidders to submit their bid in rupees in Lakhs. Respondent no.10 i.e. M/s. Vansh Industries in its bid document mentioned a figure of Rs.595.30, M/s. Goutam Gouri Construction gave a rate of Rs.5,57,54,770/- and petitioner made on offer of Rs.5,54,00,000/-. All the three bidders qualified at the technical stage and were declared technically qualified.
5. When the rate comparison was done, the amount quoted by respondent no.10 was taken as Rs.595.30 and the rate quoted by M/s. Goutam Gouri Construction Company was taken as Rs.5,57,54,770/- and the rate quoted by petitioner was taken as Rs.5,54,00,000/-. Respondent no.10 was shown as L1 bidder having quoted an amount of Rs.595.30.
*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://mphc.gov.in/upload/jabalpur/MPHCJB/2025/WP/29316/WP_29316_2025_FinalOrder_19-12-2025_digi.pdf)
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