PATNA, India, Oct. 3 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Sept. 4:

In the instant writ petition, petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs :

"(i) Quashing of the Letter No. 701 dated 07.05.2025 (Annexure P/5) by which the Executive Engineer without any jurisdiction and contrary to the express mandate of the Clause 27 of the Instructions to Bidders has directed the petitioner to submit the rate justification on account of having quoted seriously unbalanced rate;

(ii) Quashing of the consequential Letter No. 801 dated 29.05.2025 (Annexure P/6) by which, the Executive Engineer without any authority of law and contrary to the stipulations under Clause 31.1 and 32.1 of the ITB has issued the Letter of Acceptance with oth...