IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.6052 of 2010 M/S SHIVA CONSTRUCTION, INDRUKH HALIMPUR, JAMALPUR, MUNGER Versus THE UNION OF INDIA & ORS ----------- 02 08.04.2010 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State. The only ground pleaded in the writ application is for acceptance of the bid of the petitioner under the two tenders being the lowest bidder. It has been held in 1997 (1) SCC 738 (ASIA FOUNDATION & CONSTRUCTION LTD. VERSUS TRAFALGAR HOUSE CONSTRUCTION (I) LTD AND OTHERS) and also in 2009 (6) SCC 171 (MEERUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY VERSUS ASSOCIATION OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES AND ANOTHER WITH PAWAN KUMAR AGARWAL VERSUS MEERUT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND ANOTHER) that a lowest bidder per se has no right to acceptance on that ground alone. The limited grounds that he may have finds no mention in the pleadings. The application is dismissed. P.K. (Navin Sinha, J.)