IN TIIE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT ESANGALORE=,dI'~~.V'
DATED "1'HISTIwII£ 2:-am DAY OF JANUARY, 2r:€.I6" "'
PRES ENT
'11-Ira: HON'BI.}?3 MR. JUSTICE v.G1OPINA?COWbA 'I
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"rm: HONBLE MR. JUSTICE
WRIT PETITION N§:225..:I/2.0 i'e1eM>MM-S)
BFIIWEEN:
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pE:PAR<:'a\km;N CF MINES & GEOLOGY.
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". MINOR IRI*7i1GA'I'ION DIVISICDN.
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W.P. IS FILED UNDER ARTICLES 226 & 227 OF THE
CV:C'I'\'IS'I7'IT'U'I'IC)I\I OF INDIA PRAYING TO DIRECT THE RESPOND?:II\I'I':3
I)§--NQT'»'1'c) DIEDUCT ROYALTY FROM THI:? £311.15 OF' THE H-",'1'*1'I'IoNER
VAVNEB ~N0'1" TO INSIST THIS PE'I'I'I']O§\EER TO PR()DUC}33 '1'r~u«: ROYALTY
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PAID RECIIEIIYIS BY THIER VENDORS ('Si DIRECT Tlilfil RESP()NDE',N'l'S
TO REl'*'UE\iE) Tl--IE ROYAI.-TY ALREADY DEE)UC'I'ED FRO§Vi TI-IE BILLS OF
TH E PE'I'l'l'l()N ER.
'l'hi..s peiition coming on for orders this day. Gopaleiifixjcaii/icia
J.. made the following:
ORDER
Learned Additional Government. :’AdV:’oc.ate’iiaccepts hence
for the respondents and he is’l._15ermitt’e<:l to l'fileV§._'me.mio ofw."
appearance within izwo weeks from..1:o'day'…_V
2. En Writ. vAppeaV1_’l’ similar legal
contentions have 3:_5ee:j….i-;,1rge.d arid follVowin.g..»ihe decision of the
Horrble Sulppreme .C’oiirtktlieii.writ’appeal was disposed of vide
order ll stating that the writ.
pei:.it.ioi1_erjrespondlelnt.ygfho is the purchaser of the minor
mi-:_1eral’s…Vl’r’o_vrri.liisvvendor to produce documents to evidence
fact. l;ii:«,1t or the licensee has paid the royalty to
V”~.._t_he_I)epar:.ii:icI1t. The respondent -purchaser who is the writ
is not liable to pay the royalty to the Department in
it reslpeci. of the minor mineral purchased by him.
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3. in terms of the said order, this writ petition is
disposed o’fwii:l”1 liberty to the petiiierier to p1’0d1.ie..e_i’-.gi=:)()f
before the 0ff’i(:e1″s of the Department not to irisistfrir .
of royalty again in respect of the minerals whieh’ itlsed in ii”
the civil works by the petitioner, as rdy21I–iy*~ivs 2};}re’a_g1yA’r,.éiidV{‘i.ri
respect of such minerals. V V
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