VECTRA ADVANCED ENGINEERING PVT LTD & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~26 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 252/2020 & CM APPL. 22796/2020 VECTRA ADVANCED ENGINEERING PVT LTD & ANR. .....Appellants Through: Mr. Atul Nanda, Sr. Adv. with Ms. Rameeza Hakeem, Mr. Balaji Subramanian, Mr. Akash Kundu, Ms. Vartika Aggarwal, Mr. Aditya Rajagopal, Ms. Sakshi Bagdi and Ms. Jea Saran, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Rakesh Kumar, SPC with Mr. Sunil, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL) % 19.02.2026 OM PRAKASH SHUKLA, J. 1. This is a Letters Patent Appeal filed by the appellants assailing judgment dated 18.07.2020 in W.P.(C) No. 4443 of 2020 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court, whereby the writ petition preferred by the Appellant was dismissed. 2. The appellants, who were petitioners before the learned Single Judge, have submitted that Appellant No.1 has been supplying Skid Steer Loaders to the Government of India and the Indian Army since 2007. It has been further submitted that in November 2012, Respondent No. 1 issued a tender for purchase of 1,820 Skid Steer Loaders and Signature Not Verified Signed By:GUNN LPA 252/2020 Page 1 of 5 Signing Date:26.02.2026 13:34:35 along with the tender, it issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) which mandated every bidder to sign a Pre-Contract Integrity Pact (PCIP). 3. Apparently, PCIP was meant to be an anti-corruption agreement between the Government and the bidder by which the Government assured that its officials will not demand or accept bribes, and the bidder assured that it will not offer bribes or use any unfair or illegal means to obtain the contract. In addition, every bidder was required to submit an Integrity Pact Bank Guarantee along with its commercial bid as security for compl