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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday denied relief to construction giant Larsen & Toubro (L&T) in connection with the dispute over the Thane-Ghodbunder to Bhayandar tunnel and elevated road projects, giving a go-ahead for the opening of tender bids. A vacation bench of Justices Kamal Khata and Arif Doctor said it was not continuing its interim stay passed last week restraining the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) from opening the financial bid, which is the last stage of the tendering process. The financial bid was scheduled to be opened on May 13. L&T had filed two petitions in the high court earlier this month, challenging the non-intimation of the status of its bid by the MMRDA for the projects. The bench on Tuesday rejected the petitions but directed the MMRDA to keep the company's price bids in a sealed cover for one week after the tender is opened. "We are not continuing the earlier interim order of stay," the court said. The construction company,