1. Respondent No. 1, Jammu Power Development Corporation Limited
(JPDCL), issued an e-Tender bearing No. CE/PJ/JPDCL/RDSS/LR/ED-
KATHUA/07 (PKG-06) dated 27.07.2022 for the Development of
Distribution Infrastructure in Electric Division Kathua (ED-Kathua, Sub-
Divisions Hiranagar and Kathua), Projects JPDCL, Jammu Province,
Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir, under the Revamped Distribution
Sector Scheme (RDSS).
2. The petitioner participated in the aforesaid tender process and, as per the
pleadings, emerged as the lowest (L-1) bidder .While the process for
finalization of the tender was underway, a complaint was submitted by
one Mr. Rajeev Talreja, son of Shri Prakash Chandra Talreja, resident of
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, who is stated to be a former associate of the
petitioner. In the complaint, it was alleged that the petitioner-company
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had already been blacklisted for having indulged in financial
irregularities.
