{"id":105000,"date":"2011-05-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/hemenra-pratap-dehati-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-19-may-2011"},"modified":"2018-05-31T05:22:38","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T23:52:38","slug":"hemenra-pratap-dehati-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-19-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/hemenra-pratap-dehati-vs-state-of-jharkhand-ors-on-19-may-2011","title":{"rendered":"Hemenra Pratap Dehati vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 19 May, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Jharkhand High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Hemenra Pratap Dehati vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 19 May, 2011<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI\n                     W.P.(P.I.L.) No. 4663 of 2009\nHemendra Pratap Dehati              ...  ...   Petitioner\n                            Versus\nThe State of Jharkhand &amp; Ors.       ...  ...   Respondents\n                            ------\nCORAM:          HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE\n                HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.C. MISHRA\n                            ------\nFor the Petitioner :        Mr. Mahesh Tewari\nFor the State      :        J.C to A.G\nFor the Union of India:     Mr. Mokhtar Khan, ASGI\n                            ------\nOrder No. 07                               Dated: 19th of May, 2011.\n               Heard learned counsel for the parties.\n               We are constrained to observe that the Principal Secretary,\n      Water Resources Department, Government of Jharkhand and\n      Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Chhatisgarh,\n      failed to comply with the order dated 6th May, 2011 in its true spirit\n      rather to say they acted against the order dated 6th May, 2011\n      which is apparent from their report dated 12th May, 2011 submitted\n      alongwith the affidavit dated 16th May, 2011.\n               We are again constraint to observe that a plan to construct\n      the Dam was conceived in the year 1974 over the river Kanhar and\n      the process of survey for the purpose of taking a final decision is\n      going on for the last more than 36 years. The decision to construct\n      a dam on the river was of the Government and not of the public.\n      Need was felt in the year 1974 for construction of a dam over the\n      river. Only thing done was that the monetary benefit was given to\n      the employees and officers of the Government appointed by the\n      Government since 1974. Every year millions of rupees were spent\n      only on account of salary and allowances and by the year 2008\n      total Rs.10,49,73,588.40 were spent. As per the report given by the\n      concerned Executive Engineer (Schedule-Kha, page-30) of the\n      paper book the details of the expenditure incurred from 1977 to\n      2008 were not fully available and total amount spent for survey,\n      research, drilling etc. is of Rs.149.254 lakhs.\n               In the year 2007 for finding out feasibility for construction of\n      the Barrage over the same river a committee consisting of 23\n      persons was constituted which includes the officers of the level of\n      Chief Engineer, Junior Engineers and thereby the officers\n      generated the post for themselves. In the said order of constitution\n      of committee dated 8th June, 2007 it has been ordered that the\n      department will complete the survey etc. by 30th June, 2007 and will\n submit the complete project report by 31st August, 2007 and\nforward it to the Central Water Resources Department of the\nGovernment of India, New Delhi and it was ordered that for\nobtaining the sanction for the project the Chairman of the said\ncommittee shall remain at Delhi by holding its camp so that the\nsanction may be obtained by 30th September, 2007 and it was\nprojected that by this way they will be able to not only complete\nsurvey etc. but will complete the entire construction of the Barrage\nwithin that financial year obviously by 31st March, 2008 only.\n         We are taking the facts of the year 2007 in this order\nbecause of the reason that sufficient material is not available with\nus that what happened from 1974 or at least 1977 till 2007.\nWhether in that period all the officers remained silent spectators\nsitting in the office and therefore, in the year 2007 a decision was\ntaken to construct a Barrage in such manner that committee was\nconstituted by order dated 8th June, 2007 and           was directed to\ncomplete all survey etc. and prepare the entire project report and\nobtain the sanction of the Central Government by 30th September\n2007 and the project was so small that it could have been\nconstructed within a period of about six months only and if that was\nthe position then how the decades were wasted of the public\ninterest.\n            It appears that one public person undertook fast unto death\nupon which the Hon'ble Chief Minister of the State had to pass an\norder because of the pressure of the public and pressure generated\nby Hon'ble the Chief Minister by directing to complete the survey by\n31st August, 2007 and there was direction to remain sitting at Delhi\nfor obtaining the sanction of the Central Government, the officers\ntook the decision and constituted the committee which is apparent\nfrom Annexure-4 as annexed with the writ petition at page 33. This\nindicated how to befool the public, decision can be taken with the\nconnivance of all who are on the helms of affairs of the policy and\nare called bureaucrats and executives and since because there\nwas pressure they decided to do the job of such extent in the period\nof nine months. Then there is a detailed project report annexed with\nthe writ petition from page 40 to page 73. It appears that a copy of\nthis report has been supplied to the Shri Hemendra Pratap Dehati,\nformer      M.L.A.   under    the   Right   to   Information   Act   vide\ncommunication dated 23rd June, 2009.\n       We perused the detailed report. It appears to be for\nconstruction of the Barrage instead of Dam wherein various\naspects have been examined in detail. There is one more project\nreport \"Kanhar Jalashay Yojna\" copy of which has been placed on\nrecord starting from page 36. In this report several issues were\nraised and those were raised on 20th December, 2006. Then there\nis one more report starting from page 120 wherein this project has\nbeen named as Kanhar Reservoir Project. In this report it was\nrequested that project will be moved to the Government of India\nand the Planning Commission for obtaining sanction as early as\npossible and year wise financial burden has also been given out\nand interestingly it was projected that work can be completed from\n1976-1983 with a total cost of Rs.101 crores and as per the\nendorsement on this report they are thinking for sending a proposal\nfor sanction from appropriate department of the Government.\nThere is one another document on record dated 24th May, 1988 by\nwhich even amount of Rs.335 lakhs were sanction by the\nGovernment. There are many material correspondences which\nhave been placed on record by the petitioner by making his own\nefforts which includes another document and communication sent\nby the Secretary, Water Resources Department, Government of\nChhatisgarh, Water Resources Deptt. Raipur, requesting for\nreducing the reservoir level. We need not give more details of\nabove all things and alleged actions taken by the Government\nofficials in the matter where 36 years which all indicate that the\nGovernment was of the view continuously that there is need of\nconstruction of a Dam\/Barrage\/Reservoir.\n      This Court passed a detailed order on 6th May, 2011\nindicating some of the facts and specifically observed that none of\nthe parties disputed and everybody agreed that something is\nrequired to be done on Kanhar river for providing drinking water to\nthe public at large in the drought stricken area in the State of\nJharkhand and refused to give three months time to the State\nGovernment for conducting survey etc. which time was sought on\nthe ground of coming monsoon which was likely to hamper the\nsurvey work and this Court observed that before coming monsoon\nin one or two months some survey can be completed in view of the\nfact that total three months time was sought by the respondent for\ncompletion of the survey. At this juncture, it is relevant to mention\nhere that where the water is in scarcity and it can be because of the\n poor rainfall yet monsoon was projected as hindrance in the work of\nsurvey. That hindrance may be to some extent but that alone will\nnot work in view of the reply of the counters and rejoinders\nsubmitted because there is involvement of another State and it was\nprojected that the policy decision will be required, therefore, this\nCourt directed the Secretaries of the State of Jharkhand and the\nState of Chhatisgarh to convene the meeting which they did not\nconvene inspite of this Court's order.\n       Now the present committee meetings minutes dated\n12.05.2011<\/pre>\n<p> has been placed before this Court and the first page<br \/>\ncontains nothing as it contains the names of the participants in the<br \/>\nmeeting and only the part of the order relevant for them wherein<br \/>\nthey were directed to hold a meeting and submit a report on or<br \/>\nbefore 19th May, 2011 and then the minutes says that report on<br \/>\nfeasibility on Kanhar Dam prepared by Water and Power<br \/>\nConsultancy Services (India) Ltd. (WAPCOS) was discussed and<br \/>\ndeliberated upon. The final report on submergence area study of<br \/>\nthe proposed Kanhar Jalasaya Yojana was prepared by Jharkhand<br \/>\nSpace Application Center, Jharkhand was also deliberated upon.<br \/>\nThen they indicated the issues which are as under:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>       I) Height of the Dam,\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       ii) Survey to ascertain the extent of submergence of Human<br \/>\n          habitations and forest land and other assets etc.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       iii) Implications under Forests Rights Act 2006.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       iv) Environment Impact Assessment.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       v) Submergence of Coal bearing Area.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>       vi) Other options available as alternative to this project.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>       Then principal Secretary WRD, Chhattisgarh expressed his<br \/>\nview that they need to ascertain the exact extent of damage to life<br \/>\nand property of the people on the assumed height of 408.30 mts of<br \/>\nthe Dam before committing anything on this issue. It is interesting<br \/>\nto note that the respondents sought the time of three months to<br \/>\ncomplete the survey in their earlier counter and this prayer was<br \/>\nrejected by this Court vide order dated 6th May, 2011 and in<br \/>\npursuance to which this meeting was called and in this meeting it<br \/>\nwas requested again that there will be need of at least three<br \/>\nmonths time to analyze the data made available from Jharkhand<br \/>\nwhich will be verified by WRD, Government of Chhattisgarh by field<br \/>\nsurvey to arrive at any definite conclusion meaning thereby the<br \/>\n prayer which was not granted by this Court to the State of<br \/>\nJharkhand of allowing three months time for survey has been<br \/>\nprojected to be demanded by the Government of Chhattisgarh.\n<\/p>\n<p>       It appears that in the meeting dated 12th May, 2011 there<br \/>\nwere no material before the committee and therefore, there is no<br \/>\nreference of issues which were already taken note of and projected<br \/>\nas hindrance which may come in the implementation of the project.<br \/>\nThen the intention of the Government came up in para which is as<br \/>\nunder :\n<\/p>\n<p>       &#8220;Apprehensions were expressed about the feasibility of a<br \/>\nproject with such human and ecological dimensions. Principal<br \/>\nSecretary, Jharkhand mentioned that he would be requiring a policy<br \/>\ndecision in this regard from the State Government, Principal<br \/>\nSecretary, WRD Chhattisgarh echoed similar views&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>       This paragraph clearly indicate that both the Principal<br \/>\nSecretaries; Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department,<br \/>\nGovernment of Jharkhand and Principal Secretary, Chhattisgarh,<br \/>\nWater Resources Department, Raipur, clearly indicated that they<br \/>\nhave not only doubt about the feasibility of the project as it involves<br \/>\nhuge human and ecological dimensions and both the Principal<br \/>\nSecretaries rightly used the words &#8220;echoed similar views&#8221;. Then<br \/>\nthey agreed that the State of Jharkhand may in the meanwhile<br \/>\nexplore other options to impound the waters of Kanhar for Irrigation<br \/>\npurpose which will cause nominal \/ no hazard to human habitations<br \/>\nand the eco-system as suggested by WAPCOS in their report as<br \/>\nalternative-II. Therefore, in view of this clear indication by the<br \/>\nPrincipal Secretaries of the two States the petitioner should not<br \/>\nhave more hope from the Government with respect to construction<br \/>\nof a Dam\/Barrage\/Reservoir. Both the Secretaries agreed for<br \/>\nproviding the water of Kanhar for irrigation purpose.\n<\/p>\n<p>       We are not supposed to be technical experts but at least we<br \/>\ncan see that this entire problem if Dam\/Barrage\/Reservoir is not<br \/>\nconstructed over Kanhar Dam than it is because of problem created<br \/>\nby only bureaucrats and the persons who were engaged in this<br \/>\nproject.\n<\/p>\n<p>       In the year 1974 and within a reasonable time for<br \/>\nconstruction of the Dam which could have been three to five years<br \/>\nthen there would not have been any problem of displacement of<br \/>\nany person because of the construction of the Dam and this is a<br \/>\nway in which the problems are created.\n<\/p>\n<p>                          Be it as it may, if a public interest has been got defeated by<br \/>\n                the total inaction of the bureaucrats and another public interest has<br \/>\n                been build up against the original public interest by projecting the<br \/>\n                what harm can be because of displacement of large number of<br \/>\n                people from area may frustrate the cause of the petitioner but shall<br \/>\n                remain as example for public in future and this may treated to be an<br \/>\n                example how public interest which was genuine from the day one in<br \/>\n                the opinion of the public can be frustrated by the lack of<br \/>\n                governance.\n<\/p>\n<p>                         Be it as it may, the ultimate power vests in the government<br \/>\n                though public is under illusion it vest in them, let the Government<br \/>\n                take a decision whether there is yet any possibility of construction<br \/>\n                of Dam\/Barrage\/Reservoir by taking into all the issues which are<br \/>\n                relevant today and in the present situation which have come up<br \/>\n                because of the total inaction of the Government since last 36 years.\n<\/p>\n<p>                         The Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department,<br \/>\n                Government of Jharkhand, shall remain physically present in Court<br \/>\n                on 27th June, 2011 to explain and to give the Government&#8217;s<br \/>\n                decision whether they want to construct Dam\/Barrage\/Reservoir or<br \/>\n                they are not intending to do all the above things and indicate that<br \/>\n                now the project is required to be dropped so as to avoid further<br \/>\n                unnecessary public exchequer, if Court approves, their decision to<br \/>\n                drop the project.\n<\/p>\n<p>                         A copy of this order be sent to the Chief Secretary,<br \/>\n                Government of Jharkhand and to the Principal Secretary, Water<br \/>\n                Resources Department, Government of Jharkhand and a copy of<br \/>\n                this order be also given to the learned counsel for the petitioner,<br \/>\n                learned counsel for the respondent and learned counsel for the<br \/>\n                Water Resources Department.\n<\/p>\n<p>                         Put up this matter on 27th June, 2011.\n<\/p>\n<p>                                                                       (Prakash\u00a0Tatia, A.C.J.)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0(H.C.\u00a0Mishra,\u00a0J.)<\/p>\n<p>D.S.\/Alankar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jharkhand High Court Hemenra Pratap Dehati vs State Of Jharkhand &amp; Ors on 19 May, 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI W.P.(P.I.L.) 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