High Court Karnataka High Court

Sri C Chikka Kempegowda vs The Commissioner on 7 December, 2010

Karnataka High Court
Sri C Chikka Kempegowda vs The Commissioner on 7 December, 2010
Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALOR-E_

DATED THES THE 7*" DAY OF DECEMBER, aaigiif 

BEFORE

THE HONBLE N\R.JUS'i'ICE MOHAM si5+AOErm\1§AeO'ur;VALEv»~.E 7

Wm P_EIITION NO'.V3O6173/:2O'i:C   J %

BETWEEN:

C.Chikka Kempegowda  Vi

Aged 38 years * _ J
S/o.|ate chlkkannay  -- 
R/o.Bui|aha|ii  '   ..
Kanakapura.Ta|<uleif_;.~_ ~ ' _    '
Ramanagaf Dis-tgg,  O   *._.;=PETITIONER

(By Sr?e_#§'.TBVi'iVi'Ei5i;,kE1 if\dvx.",VV)W 
AND: _ .  _  E.

1. TheCon{rnl_§»Siotiei"~_ V 'V
FQodi"84. Civil 'Supplies
"N0.8;~.Cu2jn1ngham'Road

."Thé'Déput;if'Commissi0ner
._.RamVana'g.air Dist.
Ram-anagar

.viETheOTahsi|dar
v __i§amanagar Taiuk
Ramanagar



4. Smt.c.B.Basamma ©

Vasavarajamma

Major

W/o.iVl.C.Chandrasekhar

R/o.Mu||aha||i

Kanakapura Taluk    y
Ramanagar Dist. _.;.»..R.ESPOND'Et-{TS  '

(By Sri H.C.Shivaramu, Adv.,_for C/R4   ,
Sri Sangamesh Patil, AGA fQy'r~..F_{1 tO"R_Z_':)» _   

This writ_n.etit;i_on is   226 and 227

of the Co_n4st-i.t'utijpn_ ~.r)if« I.I_1:di23_.,V to quash the

impugr;'e'ti"Vi'Or2:1.:fer  passed by R1 vide
Annexure--H"'to  and consequently confirm
the ordeir"'-iciated"" passed by R2 in dispute
No.Ffi/CHI.C4..VF,'.Z4/9738Tvide Anne)-:ure~G to the writ

' '"V--pet'it.i6n2,_under the 'facts and circumstances of the case, etc.

 ""'iéThis'.'{ritj_rit1"petition coming on for preliminary hearing,

--V this'.'"day'----'tVhe"Court made the fo||owing:~



ORDER

Notification was issued by the 2″” respo’ndeVntcI”oriA.V.

29.9.2997 inviting applications

candidates for grant of licence

kerosene in retail at Muitlafiafii “V_i_i|’age,

Taiuk. Pursuant to the said petitioner
as well as respondent others, filed
applications ‘/Erhe petitioner
was ifperfiiiétnnexure-B, dated
15.4.t.9*9’8_VAV.A:’ii’he:’1iaa.idfotdAe’r’iiua.-siiiquestioned by the 4″‘
responderit Commissioner, the

appellateCa”utVhorit.yAa_nd.–§”nthereafter before this Court in

1825/2HC!Ci’1″.” This Court set aside the order of

i–..<_ijr.ant favour of the petitioner by its order

dated and remitted the matter to the

Deputy Commissioner for fresh disposal in accordance

'"W'i'ti'i'– law.

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2. After remand, the Deputy Commissioner again

passed the order in favour of the petltl|On’:C’T””<'hVt'3..]f:éi'1}:"

granting authorisation in his favour.

was confirmed by the appellate a=uth,orit7yin_.:the- 4a'ppeAai':1vs_rA

filed by respondent No.4 h'erie_in. V"'Th'ereafteri._ivthe ..'4"l

respondent approached 'iCour.t filing
WP.No.5982/2007 for The said writ
petition was disposed of' setting aside
the order as well
as the e:,siptDte:siajte was remitted to the
Deputy disposal in accordance

with law. fiiéiftier_r=enii.an"d for the second time, the

i…'Commissio'n'er\ passed the order granting

fas–uth_o'riisat«i.oriifV'ii~n:.1~~favour of the petitioner as per the

_orde'rv_at isiinaxaee, dated 15.12.2009. The order of

,Deputy Commissioner was questioned by the 4"'

41.’_’i’~re”:ip’on’dent herein before the appellate authority. The

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said appeal was allowed on 23.10.2010 at Annexure~H

and the order of the Deputy Commissioner

aside. The 15′ respondent–Commissioner

that the licence be issued in»~~fayo1;_4rhlllvofifthe014″”-.,t

respondent. Questioning the

is filed.

3. As could be seen’V«._l”r.om the’ order at

Annexure-B, by which?” was granted
authorisation on Vit.._’is_£<:lear that he
was gra'n'ted:autht:-r'isatio-n the ground that he
is unenn'ploye'd,. up to PUC. It is also

mentrionedélin _thet'.vei*yV'o'rder that the 4th respondent's

'JV'"'appl–icati'on'" is rejected on the ground that she has

Standard. Thus, it is clear that only

which the petitioner was granted

]auth_oris~a.tion was that he was unemployed educated

The same was found to be wrong by this

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Court in WP.|\£o.11825/2001. On evaluating" the

material on record, this Court conciuded t..h'a.,t-«…V_thve

petitioner herein was doing contract work tiit 0*

inasmuch as he was having;'Co.ntra_'ctoVr"sl',!iEen'ce'…

Subsequent to 1.4.2000 |icVence"«w:a.sA'not":Aerne»ve5'~ai3TI5'~,

to 2005. This fact was aEVso–.joo,nsidared«bf? "Court 0'

in the said writ petiti'o~n_. 'Fh'e"rej,ie§}a._nt date that is to
be taken into consideration is:thar2:«..the,_*date of grant of

authorisation,' ;'3i'nc.eV7the petitioner is

not unerT€:.plC.i'3"/'eel this Court in

WP.No.,1l_8i2A5}.2V0,0:'1'«o,o"ng|uded that the petitioner

cannot i:5e,4treat'ed"as,.a"n.:unemployed youth as he was

having Contractor's viicence till 1.4.2000 and that he

was;VdoTing–,oo.n_tractor work till that date. In spite of

'the"–.ispeeificfohservations made by this Court, the

I_Deputys"a:Cornmissioner and thereafter the appeilate

A V~Iif"auth*ority, even after remand, passed the order in

0' favour of the petitioner on the ground that the 4"'

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respondent herein has passed oniy 7"' Standard and

that therefore she cannot be granted authorisa.t'i'o,n in

view of the Government Notification dated

which prescribes 10"" Standard as…ajj._ni.i:ni'.rnurn.,soi*

qualification to hold authorisation.,..1fho'se':'.orde*rs..cg_we:re-

aiso set aside by this =Co..urt

holding that the Notificatio_rifd:ate__d cannot
be made applicabie t'oithe'«faict.s"'of':t:'he.. case, inasmuch
as the releva'i1.t yjeair'iwthaitfiis taken into

considera;t'io'ri«i._is-~*iiV;.V9.9'Zj;9§8~,,the date on which the

notifi:cati__o.n"c.gii.j_ngp for-.a_p_pi'ications is issued and the
date – petitioner was granted
authorisation;-….V:£\s the date of inviting application,

»LSSLCVvA_vqua.iVifi.cation was not prescribed. Thus, there

for the authorities to consider the

appiiciation of the 4"' respondent who has passed 7""

A A.Sjt'a~«ndard. Observing so, this Court remitted the

' Lmatter to the Deputy Commissioner for consideration

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afresh. Even after remand on two occasions, the

Deputy Commissioner, once again fell into error, by

ignoring the observations made by this

aforementioned two writ petitions, wh.i~c–h-A4.:'Zf"3Su:lted

an erroneous order. The erro=neo_us,f1vord.et'so";ja_ss.e,d

by the Deputy Commissio'ne–r__waVs'-rightly',:set=asVid'3e

the appellate authority. T_h:éfa_pp_ellat'e'«authority has
passed the order in 'a'ccordavfi.civeiéiwiiih;law: after taking
into accounttvailthe c§'b'se'r'viat:i:o«n's,__ni'ad«e""by this Court in

the two writi,_'*–pe-titi_o:n':€.,_,,if"Si__n};efth.e petitioner was not

unemplo\yed'9'9'a,,…§i1,the"'d._ate.'of fiiing of application and
as on the:_'date"'oVf""g'ran't..t,"m'ade in his favour in the year

9-he not have been preferred to

V Vre~s,po.n"dei1t""N_o.4. As aforementioned, the Notification

llaateai issued by the State Government

preiscriibing minimum qualification as SSLC is also not

A appficable to the facts of the case. The relevant date

' M be taken into consideration is 29.9.1997, i.e., the

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date of Notification inviting applications or at the most

the date of grant of authorisation that is 15.4.1

In that view of the matter, no
forthcoming to interfere wit

Hence, writ petit

dismissed.

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