BHILAI ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED vs STEEL AUTHORITY OF INDIA LIMITED

$~ * 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 2. As such, the challenge herein essentially revolves around the discretion exercised by the Respond