Telangana High Court Denies Interim Halt to RR-2 Tender Process

The Telangana High Court declined to issue an interim halt to the tender process for the construction of Radial Road-2 (RR-2) during a hearing on 11 October 2026. Justice B Vijaysen Reddy stated that stopping the process at this stage may not serve the public interest. The court directed Sushee Infra and Mining Limited, which is contesting the rejection of its technical bids, to include the successful L-1 bidder as a respondent before the issue of interim relief is reconsidered.

The hearing involved three writ petitions filed by Sushee Infra challenging the rejection of its technical bids for the 81.15-km RR-2 project. This project aims to connect the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to NH-167N near Nacheram via Kothwalguda (Budwel) and is divided into three packages. Sushee Infra’s bids were rejected on the grounds that their experience certificates lacked the countersignature of the superintending engineer.

Senior counsel Avinash Desai, representing Sushee Infra, argued that the High Court could grant interim relief under its writ jurisdiction. He pointed out that the quoted price from the L-1 bidder for the three packages was approximately INR 600 crore higher than that of his client. Desai contended that ignoring Sushee Infra’s bids would impose an unnecessary financial burden on the state exchequer.

Desai also claimed that the experience certificate submitted by Sushee Infra was valid and had been accepted for all three tenders. He noted that a certificate related to NH works in Arunachal Pradesh had been countersigned by the appropriate superintending engineer after the fact. The petitioner further argued that they were not afforded an opportunity to clarify or rectify the alleged deficiencies during the technical bid evaluation. Desai asserted that the requirement for a countersignature was not explicitly mandated in the main tender document but appeared only in an annexed form.

In opposition, Additional Advocate General Tera Rajnikanth Reddy stated that both technical and financial bids had already been opened and that issuing an interim order might disrupt the tender process. He maintained that the eligibility of bidders must be assessed by the competent tender authorities and noted that Sushee Infra had not alleged any mala fides against the authorities involved. Reddy supported the state’s position by citing relevant Supreme Court and High Court judgments.

After considering the arguments from both sides, Justice Reddy indicated that the validity of the experience certificates and the status of the officer who countersigned them would be examined in detail once the respondents filed their counters. The court has directed the respondents to submit their counters within two weeks.