JUDGMENT :

Aravind Kumar, J.

1. These three Special Civil Applications, though listed for admission, by consent of the learned counsel appearing for the parties, they have been taken up for final disposal at this stage itself since they lie in a narrow compass.

2. The facts in these three petitions/applications are common and identical and as such they are taken up together and disposed of by this common judgment.

3. The facts shorn off unnecessary details can be crystallized as under :

4. Petitioner is the proprietor of a construction company and carries on the business as Class-‘AA’ Government Contractor and Engineer and was awarded construction of SRP Group-I Cat B-104 (P+13) units at Lalbaug City Police Lane, Vadodara, for construction of police staff quarters including electrification, pursuant to which work orders came to be issued on 8.3.2019, 13.5.2019 and 18.5.2019 respectively. Pursuant to the same, petitioner is said to have mobilized men and materials, and has contended that due to the act of force majeure, namely the act of God, as well as on account of certain works which were to be executed by the respondents, having not been performed, resulted in the progress for commen