NAVYA INDUSTRIES vs NTPC LIMITED

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 05.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 13.05.2026 + W.P.(C) 5800/2026, CM APPL. 28524/2026 and CM APPL. 28525/2026 NAVYA INDUSTRIES .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Kumar Mahapatra, Mr. Rishi Kapoor, Mr. Azad Bansala and Mr. Nadeem Arman, Advs. versus NTPC LIMITED .....Respondent Through: Mr. Puneet Taneja, Sr. Adv along with Mr. Tanmay Yadav, Mr. Amit Yadav, Mr. Anil Kumar, Mr. Manmohan, Advocates with Mr. Umang Bhardwaj, Mr. Satish Kumar and Mr. Sandeep Kumar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. The present Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking quashing/setting aside the disqualification of the Petitioner from tender bearing Bid No. GEM/2025/B/6867024 dated 11.04.2026 and 15.04.2026. 2. Briefly stated, the Respondent invited online bids for Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR W.P.(C) 5800/2026 Signing Date:14.05.2026 Page 1 of 11 14:40:04 procurement of Non-Torrefied Biomass Pellets for National Capital Power Station, Dadri site through GeM Portal, being bid number GEM/2025/B/6867024. The Petitioner participated in the said tender and submitted certain documents to the Respondent. 3. Technical Qualifications Requirements for the said tender were provided in Clause 6 (C) of the Invitation for Bids (IFB) which provided as under: “Technical Qualifying Requirement: The vendor should have supplied at least 5,000 MT of biomass pellets in any continuous twelve (12) months (consecutive 365 days) in one or multiple contracts during the preceding three (3) financial years along with the current financial year as on the last date of Techno-commercial bid opening. Bidders shall submit all the docu