NAVRANG BNG ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED vs OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED & ANR.

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$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 27.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 3891/2026 CM APPL. 19085/2026 CM APPL. 19086/2026 NAVRANG BNG ENERGY PRIVATE LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Atul Sharma, Mr. Ashutosh Jain, Ms. Aditi Sharma and Ms. Shreya Kak, Advs. versus OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION LIMITED & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Chetan Sharma, ASG, Mr. Abhimanyu Garg, Mr. Amit Gupta, Mr. R. V. Prabhat, Mrs. Preety Makkar, Mr. Shubham Sharma, Mr. Yash Wardhan Sharma, Mr. Naman, Advs. for R-1 Mr. Abhishek Gupta, CGSC with Mr. Ratan Prakash, GP, Mr. Dhananjay Singh, Mr. Kumar Kartikeya and Mr. Chanakya Kene, Advs. for UOI CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO , J. (ORAL) CM APPL. 19086/2026 (for exemption) Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 3891/2026 Page 1 of 4 Signed By:HEMANT PRATAP SINGH Signing Date:02.04.2026 16:26 1. Allowed, subject to just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 3891/2026 3. This petition has been filed with the following prayers: “a. Issue a Writ/Order/Direction in the nature of Certiorari or any other writ/order/direction against the Respondent for quashing and setting aside the rejection dated 25.02.2026 and the subsequent rejection dated 19.03.2026, whereby the bids submitted by the Petitioner came to be rejected; b. Issue a Writ/Order/Direction in the nature of mandamus or any other writ/order/direction directing Respondent No. 1 to reconsider and re-evaluate the Petitioner’s bids for Sector 2 and Sector 3 in accordance with law, by taking into account the substantive compliance demonstrated by the Petitioner. c. Declare that rejection of the Petitioner’s bids on the ground of alleged format discrepancy in the bank guarantee, despite