Authorities have right to ask about inclusion of GST in Tender Price

Kakali Bera Vs. Union of India (Calcutta High Court) Tender process initiated by the tender notice dated April 27, 2017 is under challenge in the present writ petition. The petitioners were admittedly found to be technically qualified and their financial bids were opened. At the initial stage of the financial bid, the petitioners were declared to be the lowest tenderer. The authorities inquired from the participants as to whether the bids of the participants included the imposition of GST or not. The authorities had, therefore, given a level playing field to all the participants participating ...