25.1.2013. As per the Rules, a manufacturer is defined as manufacture of lift/escalator approved by the Department of Electrical Inspectorate. At the time when the tenders were invited, there was no list of approved authorized manufacturers. The option available to the Department was only to call for tenders from reputed lift manufacturers. Under such circumstances, it is argued that there was no basis for the learned Single Judge to have arrived at a finding that Ext. P11 Rules ought to have been complied with. It is argued that none of the companies had obtained registration as mandated under Rule 2(a) of the Rules aforesaid and therefore it was not possible to include the companies who had obtained certificate of registration as per Rule 2 of the said Rules. It is also pointed out that Ext. P7 tender was invited for a lift at Government Taluk T.B. Hospital, Ponnani, Malappuram and the installation of transformer at Thiruvananthapuram. Ext. P9 tender notice includes installation of bed-cum-passenger gearless lift at T.B. Hospital, Ponnani, which is a re-tender of Ext. P7 along with other works. Similarly, it is contended that Ext. P10 includes other works as item nos. 1 and 2 as well.
