She rejected the appeal of the Indian Rice Exporters Association, asking NAFED to launch a new call for tenders with the greatest transparency.
The Delhi High Court had rejected the association’s plea on February 28 and confirmed NAFED’s offer while ruling that it was “neither arbitrary nor violative of the fundamental rights” of the association or its members. .
Seeking a new tender process in a “transparent” manner with or without appointment of a facilitating body, the rice exporters’ body wanted equal opportunities for all exporters to participate and qualify in the bidding process. call for tenders.
Objecting to the appointment of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) as the facilitating body to monitor the tender process, the association alleged “collusion” in the appointment of the IREF, saying that its inclusion was “without any justification or connection” and “patently arbitrary” and “casts doubt on the entire tender process”
Stating that the HC judgment is “totally perverse” and deserves to be set aside, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the exporters’ body, said that the mere fact that exporters grouped in NAFED and members of the IREF were given preference to participate in the tender process over all other persons with valid licenses and prior experience in the trade is clearly indicative of the “arbitrary nature of the tender conditions” . He argued that “the eligibility criteria set out in the tender documents are tailor-made to serve commercial interests”. of a category of manufacturers/exporters of non-basmati white rice and excludes members of the applicant association and other rice exporters/traders involved in the export of non-basmati white rice who possess the required trade license and experience under the law. To the extent that NAFED acted in a fanciful manner with the ulterior motive of promoting the commercial interests of IREF, in total disregard of the members of the applicant association, the tender file deserves to be canceled with immediate effect, as it constitutes a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. “In the tender issued on February 22, the eligibility under technical criteria indicated that the bidder must be registered as an approved exporter with NAFED or as a member of IREF.
NAFED, through its senior counsel CA Sundaram, contended that the issue of conflict of interest did not exist, was baseless and was raised with the sole purpose of delaying the appeal process. offers disputed.
She rejected the appeal of the Indian Rice Exporters Association, asking NAFED to launch a new call for tenders with the greatest transparency.
The Delhi High Court had rejected the association’s plea on February 28 and confirmed NAFED’s offer while ruling that it was “neither arbitrary nor violative of the fundamental rights” of the association or its members. .
Seeking a new tender process in a “transparent” manner with or without appointment of a facilitating body, the rice exporters’ body wanted equal opportunities for all exporters to participate and qualify in the bidding process. call for tenders.
Objecting to the appointment of the Indian Rice Exporters Federation (IREF) as the facilitating body to monitor the tender process, the association alleged “collusion” in the appointment of the IREF, saying that its inclusion was “without any justification or connection” and “patently arbitrary” and “casts doubt on the entire tender process”
Stating that the HC judgment is “totally perverse” and deserves to be set aside, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the exporters’ body, said that the mere fact that exporters grouped in NAFED and members of the IREF were given preference to participate in the tender process over all other persons with valid licenses and prior experience in the trade is clearly indicative of the “arbitrary nature of the tender conditions” . He argued that “the eligibility criteria set out in the tender documents are tailor-made to serve commercial interests”. of a category of manufacturers/exporters of non-basmati white rice and excludes members of the applicant association and other rice exporters/traders involved in the export of non-basmati white rice who possess the required trade license and experience under the law. To the extent that NAFED acted in a fanciful manner with the ulterior motive of promoting the commercial interests of IREF, in total disregard of the members of the applicant association, the tender file deserves to be canceled with immediate effect, as it constitutes a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution of India. “In the tender issued on February 22, the eligibility under technical criteria indicated that the bidder must be registered as an approved exporter with NAFED or as a member of IREF.
NAFED, through its senior counsel CA Sundaram, contended that the issue of conflict of interest did not exist, was baseless and was raised with the sole purpose of delaying the appeal process. offers disputed.