Jyotirmay Bhattacharya, J.

Three appeals were filed by three different respondents challenging the order passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court on 14th May, 2013 in W.P. No.881 of 2007.

2. The appeal which was filed by the State Trading Corporation of India Limited and Another was registered as A.P.O No.322 of 2013. The appeal which was filed by the Projects & Equipments Corporation of India Limited and Another was registered as A.P.O No.327 of 2013. The other appeal which was filed by the Union of India was registered as A.P.O No.350 of 2014. A cross-objection has also been filed by the writ petitioner in connection with those appeals by challenging the self-same order passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court as mentioned above. Since all these appeals and the cross-objection arise out of a common judgment passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in the writ petition, we heard all these three appeals and the cross-objection simultaneously and proposed to dispose of those appeals and the cross-objection by a common judgment.

3. Let us narrate the brief facts of the case leading to filing of the writ petition and ultimately these appeals and the cross-