CISS SERVICES LTD vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on : 08th July, 2025 Pronounced on : 01st August 2025 + W.P.(C) 792/2025, CM APPL. 3905/2025 & CM APPL. 3906/2025. + W.P.(C) 800/2025, CM APPL. 3962/2025 & CM APPL. 3963/2025. CISS SERVICES LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Mohan, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Arush Bhandari, Ms. Shimran Shah, Mr. Santosh Kushwaha, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Vikram Jetly, CGSC with Ms. Shreya Jetly, Adv, Mr. Naveen, SSA, Mr. Gokul, GP for R-1 & 2. Mr. Anupam Kishore Sinha with Mr. Pradeep K Tiwari, Mr. Apoorv Jha, Mr. Sahitya Srivastava, Advs for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANISH DAYAL JUDGMENT ANISH DAYAL, J. 1. These petitions have been filed seeking quashing of the operation and issuance of work orders to respondent no.3 (SIS Limited) in respect of the tenders bearing numbers GEM/2024/B/5209730 and GEM/2024/B/5209739 (‘the tenders’). Signature Not Verified W.P. (C) No. 792/2025 and W.P. (C) No. 800/2025 Page 1 of 32 Digitally Signed By:MANISH KUMAR Signing Date:01.08.2025 18:57:36 2. Respondent no.1 (Ministry of Culture, Union of India) issued the tenders on 26th July 2024, requisitioning service of unarmed security guards for protected monuments located in the Southern and Central regions of India; more specifically, requirement of 925 and 381 unarmed security guards, respectively. 3. The said tender process was initiated on the Government e- Marketplace (‘GeM’) platform. Archaeological Survey of India (‘ASI’)/ respondent no.2 was the beneficiary of the subject tender. 4. Petitioner, a company registered under the Companies Act, 2013, claims to be engaged in the business of providing comprehensive end-to- end outsourced solutions and services for sectors where security