Mumbai: The Bombay high court vacation bench on Thursday closed for orders a petition filed by construction major Larsen & Toubro(L&T) to challenge the opening of financial bids without its participative presence as a bidder for two projects: one a tunnel and the other an elevated road from Thane-Ghodbunder to Bhayander.It is touted as the second-longest road project after the almost 22 km-long Atal Setu and is being undertaken by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (Atal Setu) saw L&T playing the lead role in its construction.The HC vacation bench of Justices Kamal Khata and Arif Doctor sought written submissions from both sides. On Wednesday, it requested MMRDA not to open the bids until Thursday when it concluded the hearing and extended the stay against the opening of the financial bid, which is the last stage of the tendering process. Senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi, logging in via video conferencing from Delhi and appearing for MMRDA, as did Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, said not just L&T, there were two other bidders in one of the projects and one more in the second project who were found non-responsive when technical bids were opened.Under the terms of the tendering process, they will be informed once the bidder is finalised after the opening of financial bids. There were around five bidders overall, the court was informed. For L&T, which filed two separate petitions for the tunnel and elevated road projects, senior counsel A M Singhvi and S U Kamdar appeared on Thursday. – Swati Deshpande