RAMCHANDRA NARAYAN NAYAK Vs. KARNATAKA NEERAVARI NIGAM LTD

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The appellant has filed these appeals being aggrieved by the impugned common judgment and decree dated 12th June, 2003 passed in RFA nos. 593-600/2000 by the High Court of Karnataka urging various relevant facts and legal grounds for setting aside the same and restoring the common judgment and decrees dated 30th November, 1999 passed in O.S. no. 35/97 to 42/97 by the Civil Judge (Senior Division) Gadag.

(2.) The brief facts are stated hereunder for the purpose of the rival factual and legal contentions that are urged by the learned counsel on behalf of the parties. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to in this judgment as per the ranking assigned to them in the plaints before the trial court.

(3.) The plaintiff submitted his tenders upon an invitation from the defendants, the respondents herein, for execution of the balance work of canals and his offer of bid was accepted. He has deposited the earnest money in the form of bank guarantee. On accepting the bid amount offered by the plaintiff, parties entered into a contract for execution of Alur combined branch and work of canal at K.M. no.1-6 and Malaprabha right bank canal works K.M. 97 and 102, as per the terms and conditions agreed between them and more particularly as stipulated in the tender notice.