SRI RAJIB HAZARIKA v. OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION (ONGC) 4 ORS.
Review.Pet./82/2026 · 2026-07-15
Devashis Baruah
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THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Review.Pet./82/2026 SRI RAJIB HAZARIKA S/O LATE PROBIN HAZARIKA PRESENTLY RESIDING AT B.P. CHALIHA ROAD MELACHAKAR DISTRICT - SIVASAGAR ASSAM PIN-785640 VERSUS OIL AND NATURAL GAS CORPORATION (ONGC) 4 ORS.
REPRESENTED BY ITS CHAIRMAN HAVING ITS REGISTERED OFFICE AT -5A- 5B NELSON MANDELA ROAD VASANT KUNJ NEW DELHI 110070 2:CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (MM) CENTRAL LOGISTIC AND PRODUCTION SERVICES PROCUREMENT GROUP CENTRAL PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT ONGC 7TH FLOOR NBP GREEN HEIGHTS K BANDRA E MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA 400051 3:DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER (MM) CENTRAL LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION SERVICES GROUP CENTRAL PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT
Page No.# 2/5 ONGC 15TH FLOOR MAKER TOWER E CHAMUNDESHWARI NAGAR CUFFE PARADE MUMBAI MAHARASHTRA-400005 4:SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER (ELECTRICAL) CENTRAL LOGISTICS AND PRODUCTION SERVICES PROCUREMENT GROUP CLPG CENTRA PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT CPD ONGC 15TH FLOOR MAKER TOWER E CUFFE PARADE MUMBAI-400005 5:NIRMAL KUMAR SHARMA 12 APSARA READYMADE J.P. AGARWALA PATH NEAR LACHIT PARK SIVASAGAR ASSAM -785640. ------------ For the Petitioner(s) : Mr. R. Sarmah, Advocate
For the Respondent(s) : Mr. I. Choudhury, Sr. Advocate Mr. P. Baruah, Advocate Mr. L.N. Dihingia, Advocate
BEFORE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE DEVASHIS BARUAH
ORDER Date : 16.07.2026
Heard Mr. R. Sarmah, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner. Mr. I. Choudhury, the learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. P. Baruah, the learned counsel appears
Page No.# 3/5 on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 4 and Mr. L.N. Dihingia, the learned counsel appears on behalf of the respondent No. 5. 2. This is a review application seeking review of the judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 passed in WP(C) No. 5768/2025 solely on the ground that subsequent to the judgment passed by this Court on 26.09.2025, the petitioner discovered new and important evidence which even with due diligence could not have been discovered by the petitioner either at the time of filing of the writ petition or when the judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 was passed. 3. The new and important evidence are the documents enclosed as Annexure-3 and Annexure-4 (colly) to the review application. 4. Annexure-3 is the Purchase Agreement and Annexure-4 (colly) is the agreement entered into by and between the respondent No. 5 and M/s Quickedge Integrated LLP, the manufacturer and supplier of scrapping winches. 5. It is the specific case of the petitioner that these two documents would show that the documents relied upon by the respondent No. 5 were incomplete in nature and, therefore, ought not to have been taken into consideration by the respondent Nos. 1 to 4 while evaluating the technical bid of the
Page No.# 4/5 respondent No. 5. 6. Mr. I. Choudhury, the learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent Nos. 1 to 4 fairly submitted that the respondents do not question the petitioner's lack of knowledge of these documents. However, questions the petitioner's due diligence on the ground that the petitioner could have sought these documents by filing applications under the Right to Information Act, 2005. The learned Senior Counsel further submitted that a perusal of paragraph 9 of the review application would show that the petitioner has not disclosed the source of the two documents enclosed as Annexure-3 and Annexure-4 (colly) to the review application. 7. Per contra, Mr. R. Sarmah, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submitted that even as on today the said documents are not available for viewing on the portal. The petitioner somehow managed to get the documents only recently and immediately thereafter filed the writ petition being WP(C) No. 6369/2025.
The learned counsel further submitted that the said writ petition had a technical defect in view of the
judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 for which the present review application was filed.
8. Taking into account the above and without commenting on
Page No.# 5/5 the impact of Annexure-3 and Annexure-4 (colly) in respect to the evaluation of the technical bid of the respondent No. 5, this Court is of the opinion that the petitioner has been able to make out a case of discovery of new and important evidence touching upon the technical evaluation of the respondent No. 5 which was not available to the petitioner either at the time of filing of WP(C) No. 5768/2025 or when the judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 was passed.
9. Accordingly, this Court is of the opinion that the judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 passed in WP(C) No. 5768/2025 is required to be recalled, but only to the extent of considering the new and important evidence, i.e. Annexure-3 and Annexure-4 (colly). However, in respect to the other aspects which have been already dealt with in the judgment and order dated 26.09.2025 passed in WP(C) No. 5768/2025, the findings therein had attained finality.
10. The review petition is, accordingly, allowed with the aforementioned observations.
JUDGE Comparing Assistant