Batch of eighteen S.B. Civil Writ Petitions (lead: S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 14152/2020, Vijay Mamnani and others v. Chairman, Rajasthan Housing Board and others) before the Rajasthan High Court, Jaipur Bench (Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sameer Jain), decided 05/05/2026. The petitioners challenged the Rajasthan Housing Board's rejection/cancellation of their auctions. Respondents stated the impugned action was backed by a reasoned order, that no appropriate decision with regard to the appeal had been taken as on date, and that the primary reason for the rejection/cancellation was that the auction price fetched was lesser than the prices offered in previous auctions; petitioners countered that no such condition was stipulated in the bid document empowering cancellation on comparative price grounds and highlighted that the tender was floated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counsel for the petitioners submitted the controversy was no more res integra, being covered by the Coordinate Bench (Principal Seat, Jodhpur) order dated 28.04.2026 in Gaurav Arora vs. Rajasthan Housing Board & Ors, S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1105/2026, which in paras 13-14 relied on the Supreme Court dictum in Golden Food Products of India Vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. (SLP (Civil) Nos. 1809518096/2024) and the ratio in Umesh Kumar Vyas Vs. State of Rajasthan, S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 6122/2025. Held: the ratio in Gaurav Arora (supra) applies mutatis mutandis to the batch; the writ petitions were allowed in light of that ratio and pending application(s), if any, stand disposed of.
