MORPHING INNOVATIONS OPC PVT LTD vs NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED (NHIDCL) & ANR.

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 11080/2025 & CM APPLs. 45583-84/2025 MORPHING INNOVATIONS OPC PVT LTD .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Anil K. Airi, Sr. Adv. with Mr.Ravi Krishan Chandna, Mr.Vishal Tyagi, Mr.Shayuk Kumar, Mr.Harsh Gautam & Ms.Sadhana Sharma, Advs. versus NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION LIMITED (NHIDCL) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Dr. Subhash C. Gupta, Adv. for R-1. % Date of Decision: 29.07.2025 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGEMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J: (ORAL) 1. Present writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950 seeking setting aside of annulment notice dated 08.07.2025 issued by the respondent no.1/National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as ‘NHIDCL’) in respect of the tender bearing no. NHIDCL/RO/A&N/Package-IIIB/US/2nd/FY24-25/06 dated 02.04.2025. The petitioner also seeks direction to the respondents to reconsider the petitioner's case that led to the delay in submission of the Performance Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 11080/2025 Page 1 of 10 By:MADHU SARDANA Signing Date:01.08.2025 15:20:03 Security and further direct respondent no. 1/NHIDCL to allow the petitioner to work on the same bid on the actual estimate given by the Electricity Department in place of the wrong estimate attached by the respondent no. 1/NHIDCL. 2. Brief facts as culled out from the petition are as under: a) The respondent no. 1/NHIDCL had issued the Notice Inviting Tender (NIT) in April, 2025 with regard to works of “Shifting of 33 kV and 11 kV electrical utilities and the construction of power lines along NH-4 from Km155.00 to Km181.00 (from the end of Jarawa to Rangat)