Supreme Court of India

O.P. Mehta v. Mohinder Kalta

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Bench Dipankar Datta and Sheel Nagu JJ.
Decided 23 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

In view of the aforesaid assurance made by the appellant, we extend a period of three months for the appellant to complete the entire work allotted to him on 15.03.2024 at the rates prevailing as on 15.03.2024.

Judgment, page 5

In brief

The appellant was awarded the work of upgradation of the Matiana, Mahori to Chhaila road (Km 0/00 to 25/650) under PMGSY package No. HP-09-694 on 15.03.2024, at a cost of about Rs. 23 crores. The rival bidder, M/s PK Construction Pvt. Ltd., complained against the award but later withdrew the complaint; a PIL was then filed before the High Court of Himachal Pradesh by a petitioner whom this Court found to be the alter ego of that unsuccessful bidder, raising grounds essentially of inter-se comparative assessment of the two bids (the appellant's experience being as sub-contractor rather than prime contractor, operation under two names, non-fulfilment of sub-contracting conditions and variance in the work experience certificate).…

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