VIKRAMAJIT SEN, J.

1. The facts germane for a decision in these Appeals are that in respect of a Sugar Mill Project to be established in Ethiopia, funding has been made available by the Government of India through the aegis of EXIM Bank. The Project has been sub divided into seven sub-projects for which separate and independent tenders were floated. These are – (1) Steam Generation (2) Process House (3) Juice Extraction (4) Power Generation (5) Diesel Generation (6) Factory Workshop and (7) Plant Water System. It was further decided that for ease and facility of implementation of the Project, instead of dealing separately with all the successful Tenderers, the Tenderer who had been awarded the largest number of projects, would act as the lead party; a single Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract would be entered into with this party. Saraswati Industrial Syndicate Ltd. was the Successful Tenderer in respect of Steam Generation; Uttam Sucrotech International Pvt. Ltd. in respect of Process House; and since in respect of Juice Extraction and Power Generation the successful Tenderer was OIA, it was agreed that Overseas Infrastructure Alliance India Pvt. Ltd.