7. Mr. Biswas, learned counsel, by referring to the provisions of Clause 15 of the said Notice Inviting Tender(NIT), dated 11.08.2023, submits that the tender bids as received, is mandated to be evaluated by the Board constituted by the Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, Koloriang, at the district level and the Board on evaluation of the bids, is to recommend at least 3 firms as L1, L2 and L3 to the competent authority for its acceptance along with all relevant documents. The learned counsel further submits that the Letter of Intent(LoI), dated 08.01.2024, is to be issued to the bidder whose bid is denoted as L1 and duly recommended by the Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, Koloriang. The petitioner firm having been denoted as the L1 bidder and it having been found to have satisfied all the requisite eligibility criterias by the Board as constituted under Clause 15 of the said Notice Inviting Tender(NIT), dated 11.08.2023, Mr. Biswas, learned counsel, submits that the petitioner firm ought to have been allotted the work in question. The issuance of the Letter of Intent(LoI), dated 08.01.2024, in favour of the Respondent No. 8 firm, is contended to be so done by the Director, Department of Rural Development, Government of
