INTERNATIONAL VISA SERVICES PVT LTD FORMERLY KNOWN AS IVS LANKA PVT LTD vs UNION OF INDIA

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$ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 18.02.2026 Judgment delivered on: 30.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 30.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 5/2026 & CM APPL. 13/2026 INTERNATIONAL VISA SERVICES PVT LTD FORMERLY KNOWN AS IVS LANKA PVT LTD .....Petitioner versus UNION OF INDIA .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Petitioner : Mr. Samar Bansal, Mr. Siddharth Nath, Mr. Asjad Hussain and Mr. Anunay Chowdhary, Advs. For the Respondent : Mr. Shashank Dixit, CGSC, Mr. Arnav Mittal, GP and Mr. Kunal Raj, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA JUDGMENT MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J. 1. The present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India challenges the disqualification of the Petitioner, from participating in the tender process for outsourcing consular services [‘CPV services’] in Sri Lanka, communicated through an e-mail dated 29.12.2025, with reference to Signature Not Verified Signed By:MOHIT W.P.(C) 5/2026 Page 1 of 31 Signing Date:30.03.2026 17:12 the Mandatory Eligibility Criteria [‘MEC’] of the Request for Proposal [‘RFP’] dated 27.11.2025, whereby the Petitioner has been declared ineligible on the ground that it does not satisfy the MEC prescribed in Chapter V of the RFP dated 27.11.2025. 2. The facts relevant for deciding the controversy as stated in the petition are set out hereunder: - 2.1 The Petitioner is a company incorporated in Sri Lanka, which for more than 13 years has been operating visa, passport and consular outsourcing centers on behalf of Indian Missions in Sri Lanka. 2.2 Pursuant to award of a tender for outsourcing CPV services, an Agreement dated 03.06.2013 was executed between a distinct entity called IVS Global Services Pvt. Ltd. [‘IVS Glo