ORDER :

1. This writ petition is filed by the petitioner questioning the termination of two contracts by the respondent-Railways.

2. This Court has heard Sri C.V.Ram Mohan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt. Sasikala, learned standing counsel for the Railways.

3. Petitioner: Sri C.V.Ram Mohan Reddy, learned counsel for the petitioner took great pains to argue the matter at length. The petitioner is a contractor, who was participated in two tenders for Kakinada and Narsapur for the mechanised cleaning of coaches, cleaning of depot premises, garbage etc., which was floated by the respondent-Railways. The date of the tender is 04.07.2016. Tenders were finalized and letters of acceptance dated 27.12.2016 were issued for both the works. Formal contracts for both the works were executed in March 2017. The value of the Kakinada contract was Rs.3,65,87,811/- and the value of Narsapur contract was Rs.2,40,19,790/-. Learned counsel for the petitioner points out that basing on the minimum wages that were prevalent at the time of the filing of the tender, the petitioner had quoted the rates. However, on 28.04.2017, the minimum wages were revised by 42% with effect from 19.01.2017.