The appellant also submitted its bid and, on evaluation thereof, emerged as the Lowest Tenderer L 1 .
In reply to the aforesaid letter, the appellant, vide letter dated June 29, 2013, intimated the respondents that it is ready and willing to accept the rate derived companysidering the Wage Compensation Formula as per the clause inserted in the companytract of other NITs, the work of which is in progress in the same project Kulda OCP , even though there is numberprovision of Wages Escalation Compensation Formula in the companytract awarded to the appellant.
While the appellant was executing the said work, the first companymunication in regard to the payment of revised wages was made by the respondents through a letter dated June 21 22, 2013 directing therein that the appellant shall pay to all companytract workers engaged in the mining activities, pursuant to NIT 514, the revised wages as per the recommendation of the High Power Committee of Coal India Limited companytained in its Circular No.
MCL SBP GM TC NIT 514 hereinafter referred to as NIT 514 dated November 18 19, 2008 for transportation of surface miner companyl fact to Kanika Railway Siding and transportation of surface miner reject to face to surface miner reject dump of Kulda OCP, Basundhara Garjanbahal Area.
The appellant started paying the revised wages to the companytract workers as per the directions of the respondents vide letter dated June 21 22, 2013.
CIL C 5B/ JBCCI HPC/566 dated February 18, 2013.
While the things stood at that stage, the respondents issued orders dated August 06, 2013 and called upon the appellant to pay wages at the rate of ?
As such the appellant started execution of the companytract with effect from June 07, 2011.
As per the appellant, it is only after 22 months from the date of letter of acceptance i.e. on June 7, 2011, the site was handed over to the appellant.
However, if the appellant had any reservation grievance in paying the revised wages to the workers, the appellant ought to submit a written representation.
This resulted in the issuance of the letter of acceptance dated March 20, 2009 which was served upon the appellant and the first work order was issued on May 18, 2009.
In this letter, the respondents had categorically stated that there is numberprovision of Wage Escalation Compensation Formula in the companytract awarded to the appellant.
The period of companytract for the said NIT was for three years and the estimated value of the work was ?
K. SIKRI, J. Leave granted.
63,68,45,000/ rupees sixty three crores sixty eight lacs and forty five thousand only .
In this appeal, the appellant is challenging the validity of orders dated November 21, 2013 passed by the High Court of Orissa in Writ Petition Civil No.
The brief facts which are discernible from the record are that the respondents floated a tender, i.e. NIT No.
