https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310468 In HSRP tendering, eligibility criteria tied to experience, technical competence and financial capacity were treated as integral to the statutory scheme under Rule 50 and the earlier Supreme Court ruling. The commentary states that the State cannot depart from those core requirements without cogent justification, and that a conformity of production certificate cannot realistically be demanded at the bidding stage because it arises only after production begins. Arguments based on wider competition and lower pricing were said not to override the mandatory character of the approved eligibility framework. The impugned corrigenda and bid process were therefore described as inconsistent with the binding HSRP framework and void. en-us Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 26 Oct 2023 15:21:16 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310468 In HSRP tendering, eligibility criteria tied to experience, technical competence and financial capacity were treated as integral to the statutory scheme under Rule 50 and the earlier Supreme Court ruling. The commentary states that the State cannot depart from those core requirements without cogent justification, and that a conformity of production certificate cannot realistically be demanded at the bidding stage because it arises only after production begins. Arguments based on wider competition and lower pricing were said not to override the mandatory character of the approved eligibility framework. The impugned corrigenda and bid process were therefore described as inconsistent with the binding HSRP framework and void. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=310468