Tender row: HC tells Aiims to pay Rs 10,000

Aiims has been directed to pay Rs 10,000 by the high court for its failure to reply to a private security firm’s plea, challenging the terms of its tender.

Aiims has been directed to pay Rs 10,000 by the high court for its failure to reply to a private security firm’s plea, challenging the terms of its tender.

"It is unfortunate that the respondent (Aiims) has failed to file the counter-affidavit despite grant of sufficient time," said a bench of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Rajiv Shakdher. Aiims had been asked to file its reply within three weeks.

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The order came on a petition by Prehari Protection System, seeking withdrawal of the tender notice issued by Aiims on March 1 inviting bids from firms for deployment of security guards at hospital premises.