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The Madras High Court connected Thursday dismissed a writ petition questioning the tender process for the operation of a four-lane elevated corridor from Thiruvanmiyur to Uthandi, on the East Coast Road (ECR) successful Chennai, and for widening of the ECR to six lanes with paved shoulders astatine a outgo of ₹2,100 crore.
Justice P.T. Asha rejected the writ petition filed by Bhopal-based Dilip Buildcon Limited accusing Tamil Nadu State Highways Authority (TANSHA) of having shown favouritism towards Hyderabad-based KNR Constructions Limited. She vacated an interim enactment bid granted by her connected January 5, 2026.
In its affidavit, the petitioner institution had claimed to person participated successful the tender called for by TANSHA connected August 25, 2025 for the ECR project. However, connected December 24, 2025, the tender inviting authorization of TANSHA rejected the method bid of the petitioner institution without assigning immoderate reason, it alleged.
It alleged KNR Constructions was blacklisted by Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways successful May 2025 owed to illness of definite sections of National Highway-66 successful Kerala. The petitioner institution accused TANSHA of having extended the past day for submission of bids lone to favour KNR.
On the different hand, KNR Constructions, successful a antagonistic affidavit filed done its counsel Vaibhav R. Venkatesh, told the tribunal it had got backlisted lone for a period and that play had expired overmuch earlier the tender for the ECR Project was invited connected August 25, 2025. Therefore, it flatly denied the complaint of favouritism.
KNR Constructions said, it had challenged National Highways Authority of India’s (NHAI) June 11, 2025 suspension bid earlier the Delhi High Court and the latter, connected July 18, 2025, categorically ruled the suspension bid had expired connected July 11, 2025 and therefore, the disqualification could not proceed anymore.
Asserting this accusation was disclosed by it to TANSHA astatine the clip of submitting the bids for the ECR project, the Hyderabad based institution said, therefore, the allegation of favouritism levelled by the writ petitioner had perfectly nary ground whatsoever.
It was further contended KNR Constructions was a reputed operation institution that had successfully completed galore projects, crossed the country, including the elevated road task for a region of 10.10 km on the Avinashi Road successful Coimbatore city.
On its part, TANSHA told the tribunal the writ petition was premature since the petitioner institution had rushed to the tribunal adjacent earlier the tender process could beryllium completed fully. Only negotiations were going connected and the tender was yet to beryllium finalised.
