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Case file · KP6-174-25-000010

needs RTI

Payments above contract value

KP6-174-25-000010 · confidence medium · priority score 54.2/100 (ranking aid, not a judgement)

Project

Operation and Maintenance of Street lighting System in Koramangala ward No.174 Package S-10 of South zone. (For 8 Months)

Job 174-25-000010 · Street lighting & electrical · location not stated · Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Contractor: VIJAYALAKSHMI ASSOCI

Project page with every fact and source →

What was promised

Contract / work-order value
₹15.42 L (inferred)
Estimate
₹27.07 L
Work order
—
Stipulated completion
—

What happened

Paid (gross / net)
₹34.93 L / ₹32.50 L
Bills
10 · 27 May 2025 → 17 Sep 2026
Final bill
24 Aug 2026
Status
Completed (final bill)
Pending bills
1 bill(s) not paid (₹391,456); at: Executive Engineer ×1
Deductions
fine ₹28,700

Why this case deserves follow-up

Payments above contract value (unexplained in public record, medium confidence)
Gross payments of ₹34.9 L are 226% of the ₹15.4 L contract value from the awarded (L1) bid on KPPP (GST explains up to ~118%). The tender's stipulated period is 8 months; payments run from 2025-05-27 to 2026-09-17 (15 months). No document explaining the difference was found in the public records examined.

Examined and set aside on this project:

  • final bill without mb (artefact): IFMS exposes no bill-level attachments (of any type) for this job's bills to public requests, so a missing MB cannot be inferred.
  • document reuse (artefact): the only file shared with other jobs is a 'Not Applicable' placeholder PDF.

Possible legitimate explanations

  • Further work orders or a supplementary agreement under the same job.
  • Escalation / price adjustment.
  • GST and statutory additions above a contract value quoted without them.
  • The approval exists on paper but was not uploaded to IFMS (IFMS attachments are not a complete record).

What would resolve it

  • All work orders and supplementary agreements under the job
  • Final bill abstract with totals
  • Revised estimate / EIRL

Questions an investigator could ask

  1. List every work order and supplementary agreement issued under job 174-25-000010 with their values.
  2. What explains gross payments of ₹34.9 L against a contract value of ₹15.4 L?
  3. Was a revised estimate / EIRL approved, and by whom?

Specific records to request (RTI)

  1. Order extending or renewing the contract beyond its stipulated period — job 174-25-000010; 8-month contract; bills from 2025-05-27 to 2026-09-17. Why: Shows whether payments after the contract period were authorised, and at what rate.
  2. All work orders, supplementary agreements and the revised estimate (EIRL) under the job — job 174-25-000010; paid ₹34.9 L vs contract ₹15.4 L. Why: Identifies the authority for payments above the contract value.

Evidence

IFMS work bills for this job: 721243, 731108, 739047, 742383, 745063, 750084, 754778, 754790, 762346, 763202, 772683

Investigation lead, not an accusation. Every statement on this page is generated from the published case data (JSON).