JUDGMENT

Pattanaik, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. This Appeal by Special Leave is directed against the judgment dated 10th October, 1996, of the Division Bench of Orissa High Court in Original Jurisdiction case No. 6457 of 1996. By the impugned judgment the High Court has quashed the ultimate decision of the Paradip Port Trust in terms of the Resolution dated 23.8.96 to award the contract to AFCONS, the present appellant, as well as the letter of communication by Paradip Port Trust to AFCONS dated 24.8.96 and had further directed the Port Trust to effect negotiations with AFCONS, the present appellant as well as the Trafalgar House Construction of India Ltd. who was the petitioner in OJC and respondent No. I herein, giving them opportunity to make fresh offers and then lowest bidder should be given the awards. The High Court also further directed that if there cannot be any negotiation within one month from the date of the judgment then the Port Trust will be free to ask for rebidding for the particular project which is the subject matter of the Writ Petition. It is not necessary to narrate the entire gamut of facts. Suffice it to state that for construction of Wharf intended for creatio