Petitioner challenged exclusion from a government tender shortlist. Court held respondent correctly excluded petitioner for failing to submit mandatory prequalification documents as specified in the Expression of Interest instructions.
Petition dismissed with no order as to costs.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Judgment delivered on: 06.04.2015
W.P.(C) 3307/2015
GOPSONS PRINTERS PRIVATE LIMITED ..... Petitioner
versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANR ..... Respondents
Advocates who appeared in this case:
For the Petitioner : Mr B.P.Singh, Advocate For the Respondents : Ms Jyoti Dutt Sharma and Ms Namisha Gupta, Advocates
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR JUSTICE BADAR DURREZ AHMED HON'BLE MR JUSTICE SANJEEV SACHDEVA
J U D G M E N T
BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J (ORAL)
CM No.5921/2015 (for exemption)
The exemption is allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
W.P.(C) 3307/2015 and CM Nos. 5919/2015 and 5920/2015
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petitioner has not been mentioned in the list of the above short listed three firms. The petitioner is aggrieved by this.
“the firm should have at least minimum 50 personnel (including regular & contractual). However, the firm should have at least 15 senior regular staff capable to handling secret documents service.”
3. The supporting compliance documents were specified as:-
“a copy of certificate of statutory auditor or company secretary of the firm attached with the format-3 & 4”.
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criterion specified in serial No.7 of the table given in Annexure-I which has been referred to above.
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to be supplied. Since those documents had not been supplied, the petitioner did not pass through the pre-qualification stage.
BADAR DURREZ AHMED, J
SANJEEV SACHDEVA, J
APRIL 06, 2015/sv
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3 issues framed by the court
Whether the petitioner could be shortlisted despite non-submission of mandatory documents in compliance with the Expression of Interest prequalification criteria.
Whether the Director General of Employment and Training's decision to exclude the petitioner from the shortlist was arbitrary and illegal.
Whether the writ petition had merit given the failure to fulfill specific prequalification documentation requirements.
GOPSONS PRINTERS PRIVATE LIMITED
UNION OF INDIA
BADAR DURREZ AHMED
SANJEEV SACHDEVA
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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