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"But the two officers for their alleged vested interests approached the secretary of urban local bodies and convinced him to order a retendering. After retendering the bids were recalled and the tender rate was finalized at Rs 5.10 crore, just Rs 2 lakh below the original tender bid thus rendering the civic body a loss of Rs 23 lakh," said Sethi. As far as the matter is concerned, the retendering was called following the orders of secretary of urban local bodies and the re-tendering process was conducted after completion of my tenure at Mohali MC." Also our sources told us that there is alleged connivance of MC officials in the allotting of tenders. In January , Sethi had sent reminders to minister of state urban local bodies, secretary of urban local bodies and vigilance department.A senior MC official, against whom the allegations were levelled, said, "I am not aware of any such inquiry ..