ARCH EN DESIGN vs M/S MUKESH AND ASSOCIATES & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 27.11.2025 Judgment delivered on: 05.12.2025 + W.P.(C) 8044/2023, CM APPL. 30979/2023& CM APPL. 54402/2023 ARCH EN DESIGN .....Petitioner versus M/S MUKESH AND ASSOCIATES & ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner: Ms. Madhavi Diwan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Satvik Misra, Ms. Devashree, Ms. Aandrita Deb and Ms. Gunjan Dogra, Advocates For the Respondents: Mr. Santanam Swaminadhan, Mr. Kartik Malhotra, Mr. Karthik, Ms. Vaisnavi Jay, Advocates for R-1. Dr. Monika Arora, CGSC with Mr. Subrodeep Saha, Ms. Anamika Thakur, Mr. Prabhat Kumar and Mr. Abhinav Verma, Advocates for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J. 1. Present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 seeking quashing of the appointment letter of the respondent no.1/M/s Mukesh & Associates bearing no.Z-28016/72/2016-PMSYY-III dated 26.04.2023 (hereinafter referred to as “impugned letter”) in respect of the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 8044/2023 Page 1 of 15 By:YASHRAJ Signing Date:05.12.2025 16:49:41 Expression of Interest (hereinafter referred to as “EoI”) bearing no. Z- 28016/72/2016-PMSSY-III whereby the respondent no.2/Union of India (hereinafter referred to as “UoI”) appointed respondent no.1 as the Project Management Consultant (hereinafter referred to as “PMC”) for establishing All India Institute of Medical Sciences (hereinafter referred to as “AIIMS”), Madurai. 2. Facts in brief are as under:- a) It is stated that UoI had floated an Expression of Interest vide reference No. ID-P291 in Z-28016/72/2016-PMSSY-III on 07.07.2021, for the purpose of setting up of AIIMS at Madurai in the