Court in Jagdish Mandal, Chandi Prasad Uniyal and Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corpn. (referred supra), this Court is not inciined to go into that issue at this stage. Having regard to the fact that the Corporation has consciously entered into the agreement, it cannot unilaterally rely on the Circular No. 5l2O2|-OPD, dated 02.06.2O27 for reducing the hire charges that too without putting the petitioners on notice. In case the Corporation was of the view that the agreement entered by the parties and the rate fixed was on account of a mistake committed by the lower staff, the minimum that is expected from the Corporation is to put the petitioners on notice for renegotiation of the hire charges, but they cannot unilaterally change the contracted/ agreed rate. Therefore, this Court is of the opinion that unilateral reduction of the hire charges by the Corporation is i11ega1, bad and arbitrary exercise of powers, which cannot be countenanced. 8. Having regard to the clause 1 0 of the agreement entered into by the parties, which given the power to the Managing Director to modify the rates, the writ petition is partly allowed declaring the action of the Corporation in unilaterally reducing the contracted hire charges and the consequential deduction of amounts as i11ega1, bad and arbitrary. However, in case the
