Lowest Bid Amount Tender Rejected Because of Non Submission of Tax Details & Test Reports

Fewas Ashraf Vs Kavannur Grama Panchayath (Kerala High Court) The issue under consideration is whether the gram panchayath is correct in rejecting the lowest bid amount tender submitted by the petitioner just because tax disclosure and test report is not submitted by him? High Court states that the prime reason for the Gram Panchayath for not accepting the tender of the petitioner is that the petitioner did not quote tax amounts even though the conditions required disclosure of tax burden. The defence of the petitioner is that he is paying composite tax and therefore he need not pay GST. To es...