Government of India to the State Government, and if an out-of-State bidder is permitted to transport thousands of metric tons of raw materials subsidised under the State Government quota, process it and then transport the highly perishable finished THRs for daily door step delivery to U.P. Anganwadis, would be prone to pilferage. Further, the shelf life of the RBSN food items are three months, therefore, it would be necessary to utilise the raw material, process it and transport the same to the respective anganwadis with three months and anganwadis would require a lead period of one month for distributing of THRs. In the eventuality, where the manufacturing facility is established outside the State, the time would be utilised simply in transportation of raw material, processing the raw materials and transporting the material back to the State of Uttar Pradesh, whereas when the manufacturing is within the State of Uttar Pradesh, the entire process can be supervised by the respondent No.1 and if the need arises, the State of Uttar Pradesh and the Government of India could also carry out inspection of the RBSN for packaging and associated works, which was perennial problem, observed by the respondents pursuant to the judgment in Shipra Devi (supra) . This stand of the respondents in support of the Clause A (1) of the Eligibility Criteria shows that the condition is not arbitrary but has been incorporated to achieve timely and quality controlled supplies.
