Telangana HC upholds Rosmerta Technologies’ disqualification from smart ration cards tender
Justice Devi observed that the petitioner had failed to establish any arbitrary action on the part of the Principal Secretary to the Government
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Hyderabad: Telangana High Court has dismissed Raosmerta Technologies' petition challenging the disqualification from a tender for personalized PVC QR code smart ration cards.
Justice T. Madhavi Devi held that judicial forums lack the requisite technical expertise to verify whether sample cards meet specified technical features and must therefore rely upon the evaluation conducted by the department's technical team.
Justice Devi observed that the petitioner had failed to establish any arbitrary action on the part of the Principal Secretary to the Government, Food and Civil Supplies Department, or the Commissioner of Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs Department.
The Court's reasoning emphasized the principle of judicial deference to administrative and technical determinations made by specialized government departments in matters requiring domain-specific knowledge.
The factual matrix of the case reveals that the Commissioner of the Civil Supplies Department issued a tender notification on March 10, 2025, for the procurement of approximately one crore BPL and twenty lakh APL personalized PVC QR code smart ration cards.
This procurement initiative was necessitated by the state government's issuance of over 5.61 lakh new ration cards across Telangana in July 2025. It brought the total number of ration cards in the state to over 95.56 lakh, covering more than 3.09 crore beneficiaries.
Counsel representing Rosmerta Technologies Limited contended that the Civil Supplies Department had failed to provide a physical sample of the smart card despite the petitioner making multiple requests for the same.
The petitioner argued that this failure prejudiced their ability to prepare an adequate bid submission and constituted a procedural irregularity warranting intervention by the Court.
However, the Government Pleader appearing for the Civil Supplies Department countered this submission by asserting that physical samples were, in fact, displayed for inspection on March 17, 2025. He said the petitioner had chosen not to attend the inspection session despite being provided the opportunity to examine the samples.
The department maintained that all procedural requirements had been duly fulfilled and that the petitioner's disqualification was based on legitimate technical grounds following proper evaluation.
After considering the submissions advanced by both sides and examining the record, Justice Madhavi Devi concluded that there was no merit in the writ petition.
The Court dismissed the petition, thereby upholding the disqualification of Rosmerta Technologies Limited from the tender process and affirming the administrative decision taken by the Civil Supplies Department authorities.
