https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292180 The governing bidding regulations could not be expanded by reading 2011 Census figures into the evaluation criteria, because those figures were linked only to eligibility requirements and not to any ceiling on PNG connections quoted in financial bids. An internal note issued after bid closure, and never communicated to bidders, operated only as a scrutiny guideline and did not create a binding upper or lower threshold for rejection. Calling only the highest bidders for explanation did not breach natural justice, since the reasonableness review concerned those quotes alone and lower-ranked bidders had no separate right to be heard. The accepted bids were therefore upheld. en-us Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 10 Dec 2020 05:25:12 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292180 The governing bidding regulations could not be expanded by reading 2011 Census figures into the evaluation criteria, because those figures were linked only to eligibility requirements and not to any ceiling on PNG connections quoted in financial bids. An internal note issued after bid closure, and never communicated to bidders, operated only as a scrutiny guideline and did not create a binding upper or lower threshold for rejection. Calling only the highest bidders for explanation did not breach natural justice, since the reasonableness review concerned those quotes alone and lower-ranked bidders had no separate right to be heard. The accepted bids were therefore upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 17 Feb 2020 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=292180