laches that are totally unexplained. Valuable rights have accrued in favour of the successful bidders by the award of the tender and the-resultant supplies of the FR overalls to the extent of over 8000 pieces out of the total 11,500 tendered for. Furthermore, the Petitioner did not join M/s. Tan Enterprises, a successful bidder, as a party to the present writ petition, even though it seeks setting aside of the impugned tender, thereby prejudicially and directly affecting the rights of the said successful bidder: Even otherwise, when a writ petition is filed challenging the award of a contract by a public authority, the Court must be satisfied that there is some element of public interest involved in entertaining such a petition. In our view there is no public interest involved in stopping the supply under the tender. Furthermore in our view there is no arbitrariness, discrimination or mala fide in the subject tender and all the aspects and objections to the terms thereof have already been considered and rejected by the CVC. We find no infirmity in the impugned conditions to warrant interference.”
