Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Additional Performance Security; Initial Security Deposit; tender finalization; prospective operation of Office Memorandum/circular; rule of the game cannot be changed mid-game; supersession of Office Memorandum dated 05.04.2021 by Office Memorandum dated 03.01.2026; saving of ongoing tenders by Office Memorandum dated 09.01.2026; Appendix-IX Clause 36 OPWD Code Volume-II; ITDA Keonjhar; refusal of mandamus; equitable extension of seven days; writ dismissed. Relevant to: public procurement and tender disputes in Odisha, applicability of amended security-deposit circulars to tenders floated before amendment, prospective versus retrospective operation of government circulars.
What did the court decide?
Though the writ petition was dismissed, the period for furnishing the Additional Performance Security was extended by seven days from the date of the order on equitable considerations.