New tender process for Dharavi slum redevelopment transparent; no undue favour to Adani Group: Maharashtra government to Bombay High Court
The Hindu
The new tender issued in 2022 for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai was transparent and no undue favour was shown to the highest bidder Adani Group, the Maharashtra government has submitted to the Bombay High Court.
The new tender issued in 2022 for the Dharavi slum redevelopment project in Mumbai was transparent and no undue favour was shown to the highest bidder Adani Group, the Maharashtra government has submitted to the Bombay High Court.
The government earlier this month submitted its affidavit in response to a petition filed by the UAE-based company Seclink Technologies Corporation, challenging the government's decision awarding the project to Adani Properties Private Limited.
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"The petitioner has made unfounded and reckless allegations such as actions of respondents being politically motivated without any basis or material as indeed none exists. For making such reckless allegations alone, the writ petition deserves to be dismissed with costs," the affidavit said.
A division Bench of Chief Justice D. K. Upadhyaya and Justice Arif Doctor will hear the plea on August 31.
The affidavit filed by the Deputy Secretary of the State Housing Department said the petitioner company has made "false and baseless accusations that the cancellation of the old tender was politically motivated” and these allegations are denied.
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