KARDAK ETE
New Age Petcoke Pvt Ltd. – Appellant
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Numaligarh Refinery Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Heard Mr. K.N. Choudhury, learned senior counsel assisted by Mr. A. Das, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. A. Kalita, learned counsel for the respondents.
2. As the issues involved in these batch of writ petitions are similar on facts and law, the same are being disposed of by this common judgment.
3. Common challenge made is to the impugned e-mail dated 19.04.2023 issued by the respondents for resumption of supply of RPC from the point of its stoppage/withholding, in continuation of the BRD, E-auction dated 01.02.2023 and also for declaration of the Delivery Schedule for RPC supply to the petitioners as per the respective Delivery Orders, to have lapsed, and the contract of supply of RPC to have expired and further to declare that the NRL authority has obligated to refund the security deposits and balance purchase advance payments due to its failure/shortfall in providing the contractually stipulated quantities of RPC.
4. The petitioners are engaged in the business of manufacturing Calcined Petroleum Coke (CPC in short) by processing Raw Petroleum Coke (herein after referred to as RPC in short). The product CPC is extensively used in Aluminum, Graphite, Fe
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