M/S Rajender Tourist through Its Proprietor Mr Ajay Vashisht v. Directorate of Education & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Judicial challenge to RFP/tender eligibility restriction rejected: Delhi HC declined to quash Clause 4(c) of an RFP dated 30.03.2026 (event management/production agency for hotel accommodation, National School Games 15.04.2026–23.04.2026) that limited bidding to 13 event management companies empanelled by order dated 28.10.2025 following an e-tender published 14.08.2025; bidder who did not participate in the August–October 2025 empanelment process cannot claim arbitrary or wrongful exclusion. Keywords: RFP condition, empanelment, e-tender, arbitrariness, public procurement, tender exclusion, Directorate of Education, missed the bus.
What did the court decide?
This Court found no reason to interfere with Clause 4(c) of the RFP: the petitioner failed to apply when empanelment of Event Management Companies was carried out in August, September and October 2025, and therefore 'missed the bus'; it is not justified in contending that it was wrongly excluded from the tender process.