BHILAI ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED vs STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 30.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 14.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 14.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 6041/2024, CM APPL. 25036/2024 and CM APPL. 5606/2025 BHILAI ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Rishi Anand, Mr. Utkarsh Mishra, Ms. Deeksha Dubey & Ms. Shruti Roy, Advs. versus STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Jayant Mehta, Sr. Adv. along with Mr. Samaksh Goyal and Mr. Pallav Arora, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J.: 1. The present Petition invoking writ jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeks quashing of Letter dated 18.04.2024 (Annexure P-1), vide which the representation of the Petitioner was rejected in view of the observations made in Impugned Advisory dated 17.09.2022 issued by the Corporate Projects Section of Respondent/Steel Authority of India (‘SAIL’) (Annexure P-2), leading to its bid disqualification in Impugned Tender Signature Not Verified Signed By:SAVITA PASRICHA Signing Date:14.05.2026W.P.(C) 6041/2024 Page 1 of 14 11:29:25 No.PROJECTS/CPX-B/COB-12/BATTERY-CCHP/TN-1042 dated 12.01.2023, floated by the Respondent in relation to installation of battery proper along with oven machines, refractions, coal & coke handling facilities (Package no.2) for its IISCO Steel Plant at Burnpur (West Bengal) (Annexure P-3). 2. As such, the challenge herein essentially revolves around the discretion exercised by the Respondent after taking into consideration the observations made in the Impugned Advisory, wherein the past performance of the Respondent with respect to Sinter Plant Project at Bokaro Steel Limited (BSL)