The action or the procedure adopted by the authorities which can be held to be State within the meaning of Article 12 of the Constitution, while awarding contracts in respect of properties belonging to the State can be judged and tested in the light of Article 14 of the Constitution, is settled by the judgments of this court in the cases of Raman Dayaram Shetty vs The International Airport Authority of India, ; ; M/s. Kasturi 93 Lal Lakshmi Reddy vs The State of Jammu & kashmir; , ; Fertilizer Corporation Kamagar Union (Regd.) Sindri vs Union of India, ; ; Ram and Shyam Company vs State of Haryana; , ; Haji T.M. Hasan Rawther vs Kerala Financial Corporation, AIR 1988 SC 157; Mahabir Auto Stores vs Indian Oil Corporation, ; and Kumari Shrilekha Vidyarthi vs State of U.P., it has been said by this Court : "It must follow as a necessary corollary from this proposition that the Government cannot act in a manner which would benefit a private party at the cost of the State: such an action would be both unreasonable and contrary to public interest.