Past completion date, no final bill

Project

Construction of Elevated corridor by integrating Ejipura main road-Inner Ring Road junction, Sony World junction and Kendriya Sadana junction along 100ft. Inner Ring Road, Koramangala, Bangalore.

Job 304-17-000105 · Junctions, flyovers & grade separators · Ejipura; Inner Ring Road · Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

Contractor: M/s Simplex Infrastructures Limited · paid to, per IFMS bills: M/s Simplex Infrastructures Limited ₹95.40 Cr (2017-06-21 → 2021-09-28); INFRA SUPPORT ENGGCO ₹68.76 L (2019-07-09 → 2021-09-30); M RAMESH ₹3.79 Cr (2022-04-21 → 2022-04-21); ESCROW A/C BSCPL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD ₹60.79 Cr (2024-01-24 → 2025-07-01)

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Why this case deserves follow-up

Past completion date, no final bill (unexplained in public record, high confidence)
Stipulated completion was 2025-02-14; extension-of-time orders in IFMS: 2019-11-04 → 2020-12-31 (423 days), penalty ₹48.8 L; 2020-12-31 → 2021-12-31 (365 days), penalty ₹1.09 Cr. These cover an earlier period; none is visible for 2025-02-14. As of 2026-10-07, 600 days have passed since 2025-02-14; no final bill is recorded and the last payment was on 2025-07-01. Pending bills: 5 bill(s) not paid (₹150,249,142); at: AE ×3, SC(F) / CE ×1, Executive Engineer ×1. Penalties stated in the EoT orders total ₹1.58 Cr; IFMS deductions labelled 'fine' total ₹31.0 L.

Questions an investigator could ask

1. Has an extension of time been granted for job 304-17-000105 beyond 2025-02-14? If so, provide the order.
2. What liquidated damages / penalties have been calculated and recovered, bill by bill?
3. What is the current physical progress and the expected completion date?
4. Why are the pending bills held, and at which approval level?

Specific records to request (RTI)

1. Extension-of-time order(s) for the current contract and the penalty calculation — job 304-17-000105; stipulated completion 2025-02-14. Why: No EoT for this date is attached in IFMS.
2. Statement of fines / liquidated damages levied and recovered, bill by bill — job 304-17-000105; EoT orders levy ₹1.58 Cr; IFMS shows ₹31.0 L deducted as fine. Why: Reconciles penalties ordered with penalties recovered.

Evidence

• Work Order: WO-7--50043841-WORK ORDER.pdf (page 2) · document · confidence inferred
  printed / OCR text

  OCR: “n 15 Months 5 Date of Commencement of Worle 15.11.2023 6. Date of Completion 14.02.2025 7. Government Approval No No UDD 316 MN”
• IFMS attachment WB-Ot--03006023-EOT (1).pdf, p.1 · document · confidence inferred
  printed / OCR text

  its allied activities. The extension of time is accorded | from 4/11/2019 to 31/12/2020 (423 days) with a penalty of Rs 48,79,134.00 (Rupees Forty | eight lakhs seventy nine thousand one hundred and thirty f
• IFMS attachment WB-Ot--04913968-EOT.pdf, p.1 · document · confidence inferred
  printed / OCR text

  its allied activities. The extension of time is accorded | from 31/12/2020 to 31/12/2021 (365 days) with a nominal fine of Rs 1.09 crore considering | the delay in the casting of the segments at the casting y
• BBMP IFMS work bill 350792 · api · confidence confirmed
  printed / OCR text

  Pending bill
• BBMP IFMS work bill 350793 · api · confidence confirmed
  printed / OCR text

  Pending bill
• BBMP IFMS work bill 706850 · api · confidence confirmed
  printed / OCR text

  Pending bill
• BBMP IFMS work bill 337757 · api · confidence confirmed
  printed / OCR text

  Deductions
• BBMP IFMS work bill 250089 · api · confidence confirmed
  printed / OCR text

  Deductions
• BBMP IFMS work bill 366821 · api · confidence confirmed
  printed / OCR text

  Deductions
• EoT order WB-Ot--03006023-EOT (1).pdf · p.1 · document · OCR (tesseract psm 6, 2x) · confidence medium, cross-validated
  printed / OCR text

  its allied activities. The extension of time is accorded | from 4/11/2019 to 31/12/2020 (423 days) with a penalty of Rs 48,79,134.00 (Rupees Forty | eight lakhs seventy nine thousand one hundred and thirty f
• EoT order WB-Ot--04913968-EOT.pdf · p.1 · document · OCR (tesseract psm 6, 2x) · confidence medium, cross-validated
  printed / OCR text

  its allied activities. The extension of time is accorded | from 31/12/2020 to 31/12/2021 (365 days) with a nominal fine of Rs 1.09 crore considering | the delay in the casting of the segments at the casting y

IFMS work bills for this job: 89957, 180520, 201529, 216261, 230383, 238995, 250089, 260487, 266871, 282470, 315583, 321936, 337757, 350790, 350792, 350793, 350794, 350795, 366821, 446228