( 1 ) M/s. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. , (BHEL), a Government of India undertaking, has been commissioned by the National Thermal Power corporation (NTPC) to undertake certain civil and other works for the simhadri Thermal Power Project. Some of the items of the work undertaken by the BHEL have been earmarked for contracting out to others. One of the items of such work is "raw Water Reservoir".

( 2 ) THE petitioner M/s. G. V. P. R. Engineers Ltd. , is one of the tenderers for this item of work. Aggrieved by certain developments to which reference would be made hereinafter, the petitioner has filed the present application seeking that this Court direct the 1st respondent to consider and grant the request of the petitioner contained in representations dt. 22-9-1999 and 5-10-1999 regarding interchange of the rates quoted by the petitioner for items Nos. 5 and 7 of the Tender Schedule as regards the work relating to raw Water Reservoir Tank, tender specification No. BHEL:ps:sct:809, and thereupon award the contract of work relating to raw water reservoir to the petitioner, if necessary, by declaring that the action of the 1st respondent in permitting the 2nd responde