Published on : 15 Oct 2025, 3:31 pm

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday upheld the Unique Identification Authority of India’s (UIDAI) decision to reject the lowest bid submitted by Writer Business Services Pvt Ltd for the audit and quality check of Aadhaar enrolment and update applications. [ Writer Business Services Vs UIDAI].

A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela dismissed the company’s petition challenging its disqualification.

The Court held that while an “abnormally low bid” is not by itself a standalone ground for rejection, UIDAI was justified in refusing the bid since no other shortlisted vendor was willing to match the quoted rate.

“ The question is not as to whether the disqualification was predicated on ‘abnormally low’ bid

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