Polavaram: Stay on tenders sought
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Challenging the bidding process for Indira Sagar Polavaram project, two sets of unsuccessful bidders moved the AP High Court on Tuesday. While CGS-Gammon-AMR filed the petition over its disqualification on technical grounds, Madhucon-Sinohydro, another joint venture company, questioned the price bid in its plea. CGS-Gammon-AMR urged the court to declare the government’s action in not disclosing reasons for rejecting their technical bid as illegal and arbitrary. The petitioner asked the court to direct the authorities concerned to furnish all particulars, including groun-ds on which bidders were disqualified and details of relaxation, if any, granted to bidders deemed technically qualified.
The JV company told the court that the government’s action resulted in losses amounting to several hundred crores for the state exchequer. The petitioner also said it was not seeking any relief adverse to the successful bidders. In its petition, Madhucon-Sinohydro urged the court to stay all further proceedings, including finalisation of tenders. The company sought a direction to declare the tender process illegal, as the authorities disqualified it in respect of price bid without giving any reasons.
Bureaucracy failed: Bench
A Division Bench comprising Justice Goda Raghuram and Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao on Tuesday observed that the state bureaucracy has failed in its duty to advise the political executive on issues concerned. The Bench made the remark while hearing two petitions challenging the CAT order setting aside the appointment of V. Dinesh Reddy as the state DGP (HOPF). Referring to the role of IAS and IPS officers, the Bench observed that the bureaucracy has forgotten its administrative function. Their duty, the court said, is to advise the political executive, including the Chief Minister and the Cabinet, and tell them about powers they could exercise.
Students: List not approved
Students seeking admission in private medical colleges through the management quota told the High Court on Tuesday that as per rules private medical colleges cannot admit anyone in C-category till NTR University of Health Sciences approves the merit list of students who applied for admission. Students’ counsel R. Raghunandan Rao, told the court that no list has yet been approved by the University and that unaided non-minority private medical colleges' claim, that admissions are over, is untenable.
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