Anand Byrareddy, J.

Heard the Counsel for the petitioners and the respondents.

2. The facts of the case are as follows:

The petitioner No.1 had entered into a Frame-work Agreement dated 3.4.1997 with the Government of Karnataka for the construction of a project known as Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project (BMIC Project) inter alia comprising a 111 kilometre, Four Lane express way between Bangalore and Mysore and, subsequent Tripartite Agreement dated 9.8.2002 including the second petitioner herein and had undertaken the construction of the Southern Peripheral Road, as a part of the BMIC Project, connecting National Highway-7 (Hosur Road) to National Highway-4 (Tumkur Road). The Peripheral Road cuts across Bannerghatta Road, Kanakapura Road, existing Mysore Road and Magadi Road. The total length of Peripheral Road is 41 kilometres out of which, the petitioners have so far constructed 39.5 kilometres. The petitioners are also constructing a 9.1 kilometre Link road connecting Bangalore City to the proposed Express-way of 111 kilometres, connecting Bangalore and Mysore. There are seven interchanges on the Peripheral Road and one interchange on the Link Road, which ac