PAHARPUR COOLING TOWERS LIMITED vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 16.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 23.04.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 23.04.2026 + W.P.(C) 12270/2024, CM APPL. 51012/2024, CM APPL. 51013/2024 and CM APPL. 40438/2025 PAHARPUR COOLING TOWERS LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Sethi, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Divyakant Lahoti, Mr. Kartik Lahoti, Ms. Vindhya Mehra, Ms. Praveena Bist, Ms. Shubheksha Dwivedi, Ms. Akanksha Soni, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amit Tiwari, CGSC with Ms. Ayushi Srivastava, Mr. Ayush Tanwar, Mr. Arpan Narwal, Mr. Kushagra Malik, Mr. Ujjwal Tyagi, Advs. for R- 1. Mr. Paramjeet Benipal, Mr. Shaurya Dahiya, Advs. for R-2 with ASG Raghuvendra and his team. Mr. Saurabh Kirpal Sr. Adv. with Mr. Sajid Mohammad, Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Singh, Mr. Rohit Kumar Singh, Mrs. P.R Mala, Mr. Bhishm Pratap Singh, Mr. Ankur Kashyap, Mr. Devansh Shekhar, Mr. Paras Sharma, Advs. for R-4. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:23.04.2026 W.P.(C) 12270/2024 Page 1 of 21 16:12:36 JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. Through the present Petition, the Petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the Techno- Commercial Evaluation Summary dated 06.08.2024 and the Bid Evaluation Summary dated 08.08.2024, whereby Respondent No.4 has been declared technically qualified and the L1 bidder in respect of Tender No. 203168C/T/CT/PACKAGE-1 floated by Respondent No.2. The Petitioner further seeks directions to declare Respondent No.4 ineligible for participation in the tender process, a restraint against award of the contract in its favour, and a consequential direction to award the subject tender to the Petit