SANDEEP KUMAR vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

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$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 23.03.2026 + W.P.(C) 3691/2026 CM APPL. 17971/2026 SANDEEP KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Dr. Navin K. Sehrawat, Dr. Hariom Singh and Mr. Abhishek Kaushik, Advs. versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jagdish Chandra, CGSC, Ms. Ashiwriya Sinha, GP and Ms. Maanya Saxena, Advs. for R1. Ms.Anjana Gosain, Ms.Akansha Choudhary and Ms.Shreya Manjari, Advs. for R-2 Mr. Gurpreet Singh Sachdeva and Mr. Ashish Garg, Advs. for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE V. KAMESWAR RAO HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA V. KAMESWAR RAO, J. (ORAL) 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner has filed corrected memo of parties which is taken on record. 2. This petition has been filed with the following prayers:- “a. Issue an appropriate Writ of Mandamus or Writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ, or direction thereby quashing and setting aside the arbitrary and illegal evaluation Signature Not Verified Signed By:PRADEEP W.P.(C) 3691/2026 Page 1 of 6 SHARMA Signing Date:28.03.2026 16:12:23 process adopted by the Respondents in Bid No. GEM/2025/B/7038852 dated 29.12.2025 issued through the Government e-Marketplace (GeM) portal by the Election Commission of India. b. Issue an appropriate Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to re-evaluate the technical and financial bids submitted in the aforesaid tender strictly in accordance with the eligibility conditions and evaluation parameters prescribed in the bid document. c. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondents to exclude from the tender process any bidder who does not satisfy the mandatory eligibility criteria prescribed under the bid document. d. Pending disposal of the present writ petition, pass an interim or