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16.3 REJECTED STORES
When any stores delivered at the consignee’s depots are rejected, this shall be
removed by the contractor within 21 days from the date of rejection. Such rejected
stores shall lie at the contractor’s risk from the date of rejection. If the stores are not
removed by the contractor within this period, the purchaser or his nominee shall
have the right to dispose of such stores, as deemed fit, at the contractor’s risk and
account.
The purchaser shall also be entitled to recover from the contractor, handling and
ground rent / demurrage and any other charges for the period the rejected stores are
not removed after the aforementioned period.
Stores that have been dispatched by rail and rejected after arrival at destination may
be taken back by the contractor either at the station where they were rejected or at
the station from which they were dispatched. If the contract is placed for delivery
F.O.R. station of dispatch, the contractor shall pay the carriage charges on the
rejected consignment at Public traffic Rates from the station of dispatch to the
station where they were rejected. If the contractor prefers to take back the goods at
the station from which they were dispatched, the goods shall, in addition, be
booked back to him, freight to pay at Public Traffic Rates and at owner’s risk.
16.4 CONSEQUENCES OF REJECTION
If on the stores being rejected by the Inspecting Officer or consignee at the
destination, the contractor fails to make satisfactory supplies within the stipulated
period of delivery, the purchaser shall be at liberty to:-
a) Request the contractor to replace the rejected store forthwith but in any event not
later than period of 21 days from the date of rejection and the contractor shall bear
all the cost of such replacement, including freight, if any on such replacing and
replaced stores but without being entitled to any extra payment on that or any other
account.
b) Purchase or authorise the purchase of quantity of the stores, rejected or others of a
similar description (when stores exactly complying with the particulars are not
readily available in the opinion of the purchaser, which shall be final), without
notice to the contractor, at his risk and cost and without affecting the contractor’s
liability as regards to the supply of any further installment due under the contract
or.
c) Cancel the contract and purchase or authorize the purchase of the stores or other of
a similar description (when stores exactly complying with the particulars are not
readily available, in the opinion of the purchaser, which shall be final ) at the risk
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