party issuing the tender (the employer) “has the right to punctiliously and rigidly” enforce the terms of the tender

Tender , Interpretation, construction of Tenders

"38. In G.J. Fernandez v. State of Karnataka [(1990) 2 SCC 488] both the principles laid down in Ramana Dayaram Shetty (1979) 3 SCC 489 were reaffirmed. It was reaffirmed that the party issuing the tender (the employer) “has the right to punctiliously and rigidly” enforce the terms of the tender. If a party approaches a court for an order restraining the employer from strict enforcement of the terms of the tender, the court would decline to do so..”

Central Coalfields Ltd. v. SLL-SML (Joint Venture Consortium) (2016) 8 SCC 622