Andhra Pradesh High Court Rejects Hospital Diet-Tender Challenge for Material Suppression

A challenge to selection by lottery and division of a government hospital's diet-supply contract

A September 2025 tender for Government General Hospital, Ongole attracted six bidders, five technically qualified. In December, the committee adopted a lottery, split the work and shortened the period in the bidders' presence. The appellant later challenged the successful selections.

Issue and applicable law

The central question was a challenge to selection by lottery and division of a government hospital's diet-supply contract.

The Court reiterated minimal judicial interference in contractual tender decisions. Suppression itself justified refusal of discretionary writ relief, while the majority-supported process was neither illegal nor arbitrary on the record.

Court's reasoning

The Court held that the writ petitioner suppressed an earlier case driven by the same tender and established no arbitrariness warranting judicial intervention. Its principal reason was that it participated throughout, had previously accepted a similar course, and did not disclose the dismissed petition seeking extension of its existing contract.

Decision and practical effect

The writ appeal and tender challenge were dismissed.

The ruling is significant because it clarifies how the stated legal standard should be applied to comparable disputes without extending the decision beyond the facts reported by the source.

Case details

• Case: Writ appeal concerning Government General Hospital, Ongole diet tender
• Court: Andhra Pradesh High Court
• Judges: Chief Justice Lisa Gill and Justice Ninala Jayasurya
• Source: https://www.livelaw.in/high-court/andhra-pradesh-high-court/ap-high-court-rejects-diet-supply-tender-challenge-notes-suppression-earlier-writ-549132