new delhi jul 9 ntpc indias largest electricity producer has terminated contracts it had awarded to bgr mining infra ltd for development of its coal mines in jharkhand and chhattisgarh over allegations of corruption against senior officials of the private mining company ntpc has terminated contracts for development and operation of chattibariatu coal mine in jharkhand and talaipalli coal mine in chhattisgarh according to two separate letters dated july 4 2019 sent by the stateowned company an email sent for comments to bgr mining on the address for media queries mentioned on its website did not elicit a response calls made to its senior director i sudhakara reddy too went unanswered the stateowned firm had awarded mine and development contract of the chattibariatu mine to bgr in november 2017 in the same month it had awarded a similar contract for the talaipalli mine to a consortium of ncc ltd and bgr mining chattibariatu mine was supposed to produce 7 million tonne of coal a year for use at ntpcs 1320 mw barh power plant for generation of electricity talaipalli coal mine was to produce 18 million tonne of coal per annum for use at ntpcs 4000 mw lara power project subsequent to the award of subject contract an fir on december 7 2017 has been registered by cbi for criminal conspiracy public servant obtaining valuable thing without consideration from person concerned in proceeding or business transacted by such public servant and abetting public servant for obtaining illegal gratification ntpc wrote to bgr in the two similarly worded letters the fir has been filed against kulamani biswal director finance ntpc rohit reddy one of the directors of bgr mining and infra and his associate prabhat kumar who handles his tasks in delhi according to cbi the information disclosed prima facie commission of an offence under sections 11 and 12 of the prevention of corruption act 1988 rw section 120b of the indian penal code 1860 ntpc said biswal who was suspended following the case was in november last year reinstated after delhi high court quashed and set aside ministry of powers suspension order cbi had alleged that biswal had asked reddy to arrange us dollars of about rs 5 lakh to be spent by him during his trip abroad ntpc said clause 243bxi of the project agreement stipulated that mine operators events of default will be considered if it was found to have been engaged in corrupt or fraudulent practices in competing for or in executing the agreement accordingly the act of abetting a public servant for obtaining illegal gratification by one of the directors rohit reddy and his associate prabhat kumar of ms bgr mining infra is mine operators events of default ntpc said adding it had issued a show cause notice on december 29 2017 confirming its intent to terminate the agreement following orders of the delhi high court and the supreme court ntpc invited bgr for good faith discussions on may 6 2019 which continued