law: 28. Provision relating to contracts.-
  (1) Every contract entered into by the Company in relation to its undertakings before the date of taking over for any service, sale or supply and in force immediately before the appointed day, shall, on and from the expiry of one hundred and eighty days from the appointed day, cease to have effect unless such contract is, before the expiry of that period, ratified, in writing, by the Central Government, or the State Government, or the Government company, and, in
  ratifying such contract, the Central Government, the State Government, or the Government company, as the case may be, may make such alterations or modifications therein as it may think fit.
  (2) Every contract entered into by the Company, or the Authorised Controller on behalf of the Company, in relation to its undetakings, on or after the date of taking over for any service, sale or supply and in force immediately before the appointed day shall remain in force, unless such contract is terminated or modified or altered by the Central Government, the State Government or the Government company, as the case may be, within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the appointed day.
  (3) The Central Government, the State Government or the Government company, as the case may be, shall not refuse to ratify, terminate, modify or alter a contract under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2)-
  (a) unless it is satisfied that such contract is unduly onerous or has been entered into in bad faith or is detrimental to the interests of the undertakings of the Company; and
  (b) except after giving to the parties to such contract a reasonable opportunity of being heard and recording in writing its reasons for refusal to ratify the contract or for terminating the contract or for making any alteration or modification therein.