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1. Issue notice to the respondents.
2. Mr. Shukla accepts notice on behalf of respondent no.1.
3. I am informed by Mr. Jain, the learned ASG that the contract in issue is being executed through the Engineering Consultant i.e., RITES Ltd. (respondent no.2). Therefore, in view of the order that I propose to pass, both counsels say that the notice need not be issued to the other respondents including respondent no.2.
4. Mr. Kathpalia, the learned counsel for the petitioner at the very outset says that the letter dated 19.11.2014 issued by respondent no.2 which, inter alia, issues a notice of termination of the contract in issue can operate as an order of termination; albeit without prejudice to the petitioner's rights and contentions, to agitate the legality of the termination.
O.M.P. 1484/2014 page 1 of 3
5. At the outset, Mr Jain, the learned ASG, submitted that he is agreeable to the following offer made by the petitioner:
(i)