M/S AARTHI OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED vs OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED & ORS.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 25.03.2026 W.P.(C) 3781/2026 & CM APPL. 18537/2026 M/S AARTHI OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Dr. Shashwat Bajpai, Ms. Mishika Bajpai and Mr. Mayank Chaturvedi, Advocates. versus OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG with Mr. Abhimanyu Garg, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. R. V. Prabhat, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Yash Wardhan Sharma, Ms. Preety Makkar, and Mr. Naman, Advocates for R1 & R2. Mr Ankur Mittal, CGSC along with Ms Aditi Singh, GP and Ms Rabaica Jaiswal, Advocate for R3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO , J. (ORAL) 1. This petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayers:- “(i) Issue a Writ of Certiorari or a Writ in the nature thereof, quashing the impugned technical disqualification orders dated 2. The case of the petitioner as contended by Dr. Shashwat Bajpai, learned counsel for the petitioner is that the petitioner/ ‘M/s. AOGESPL’ is a duly incorporated company registered as a ‘Micro Enterprise’ (ME) and also recognised as a Startup