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AMEET KUMAR ESSARANI vs PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY Ss — 2024 CLC 1824 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH

Case information

Citation
2024 CLC 1824 KARACHI-HIGH-COURT-SINDH
Court
Sindh High Court
Year
2024
Reporter
CLC
Parties
AMEET KUMAR ESSARANI vs PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY Ss

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Judgment text as reported

AMEET KUMAR ESSARANI VS PAKISTAN CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY Ss.42 & 54---auction---Bidder, rights of---Plaintiff (proprietor of a concern) filed suit against Procuring agency (Civil aviation authority) for the award of a contract for the collection of car parking fees at an airport---Plaintiff filed interlocutory applications eliciting interim relief seeking suspension of the Tender Notice inviting bids as well as further auction proceedings so as to restrain the award of any contract to a party other than the plaintiff---Plea of the applicant / plaintiff was that as the plaintiff had met the relevant criteria and also had offered the highest bid, a legal right had thus been created in favour of the plaintiff for the award of a contract---argument of the respondent (defendant / procuring agency ) was that by mere participation in bidding process a vested right to the applicant / plaintiff does not accrue---Held, that a bid is only an offer and the mere submission of a bid, even if it is the highest or the lowest, as the case may be, does not create any vested right in favour of a bidder and that no rights accrue in favour of a bidder till such time the bid is accepted and a contract was concluded---By virtue of being a participant in the tender process, no vested rights accrued in favour of the petitioner entitling it to the award of the procurement contract---Plea of the applicant / plaintiff was misconceived---Interlocutory applications, filed by the plaintiff, were dismissed, in circumstances.

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