WRIT - C No. 4673 of 2025 at Lucknow

A.F.R. Reserved on October 29, 2025 Delivered on November 4, 2025 HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW WRIT - C No. - 4673 of 2025 M/S A.S. Traders Thru. Executive Partner Sri Rahul Singh …..Petitioner(s) Versus State of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. of Public Works Lko. and 6 others …..Respondent(s) Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Manish Kumar Rai, Counsel for Respondent(s) : C.S.C., Dr. Pooja Singh Court No. - 3 HON'BLE SHEKHAR B. SARAF, J. HON'BLE PRASHANT KUMAR, J. (Delivered by Hon’ble Prashant Kumar, J.) 1. The petitioner is engaged in the business of constructing roads and in furtherance of his business, he participated in an E-Tender dated February 6, 2025 invited by the Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, District - Pratapgarh (hereinafter referred to as ‘respondent no. 5’). As per the terms and conditions of the E-Tender notice, participants were required to upload their bids on the Prahari portal on March 12, 2025 on or before 12:00 noon. Accordingly, the petitioner submitted his bid on the Prahari portal after logging in through the ‘Chankya Software’. The technical bids were opened on March 12, 2025 from 12:30 p.m. onwards. Thereafter all the partici