The Registrar of the University of Calicut has also furnished the details of the tenders submitted by the six tenderers whose tenders were found to be valid tenders. As per the details furnished by the Registrar, the offer made by the third respondent was the highest. The petitioner's tender was the third highest. The third respondent had quoted Rs.22.78 per kilogram of used answer books and Rs.12.15 per kilogram for other miscellaneous waste paper. The petitioner had quoted Rs.14.46 per kilogram for both types of papers. It is also seen that Mr.S.Nazar had quoted Rs.19.21 for both types of papers. Going by the details furnished by the Registrar, it is evident that the petitioner's tender was not the second highest. Therefore, even if third respondent's tender was rejected, the tender could not have been awarded to the petitioner. Further, the Registrar of the University of Calicut has stated in paragraph 10 of the counter affidavit that the demand draft submitted by the third respondent towards earnest money deposit was a demand draft of Indian Bank drawn on State Bank of Travancore, University Campus Branch in favour of the Controller of Examinations. It is common practice for banks to issue demand drafts drawn on other banks with whom they
