GMR Airports, a subsidiary of the GMR Infrastructure, can now operate Nagpur Airport in Maharashtra.
The Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court has quashed and set aside the letter dated 19 March 2020 issued by MIHAN India annulling the bidding process for Nagpur Airport and further directed MIHAN India to take all steps in terms of the RFP conditions, including signing of a concession agreement for Nagpur Airport, within six weeks.
GMR had emerged as the highest bidder in the tender process conducted by MIHAN India for Nagpur Airport in 2019. The letter of award (LoA) was issued to GMR in March 2019.
However, the government of Maharashtra decided to cancel the tender process in March 2020 and MIHAN issued a Letter annulling the bid process.
The decision of MIHAN was challenged by GMR before the Nagpur Bench of Bombay High Court. The Bench heard the petition and delivered the judgement on 18 August 2021, quashing and setting aside the annulment letter issued by MIHAN and directed MIHAN to execute concession agreement for the project.