{"id":113623,"date":"2009-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-03T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrashekaragouda-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-4-june-2009"},"modified":"2017-05-13T04:46:58","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T23:16:58","slug":"chandrashekaragouda-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-4-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chandrashekaragouda-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-4-june-2009","title":{"rendered":"Chandrashekaragouda vs The State Of Karnataka on 4 June, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Chandrashekaragouda vs The State Of Karnataka on 4 June, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n<pre>E\nIN THE \u00a7'IIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 4\"' DAY OF JUNE 2009\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. P.D. DINAKARAN, CHIEF JlJ_S_:\"I.'.Z'If('.\"E_'vj--.i  r.- \n\nAND\n\nTHE HON'BLE MRJUSTICE V43. sasktejiikmijf  \n\nWRIT PETITIQN Nm49g,g. of zoesj-_e, M~MM-z-:1'  \n\nBetween :\n\nCHANDRASHEKARA GOUDA, .  \nSHIVANAGOUDA RAMANAGOUBAR, _ I\nAged about 43 years,  \nOcc: Contractor   '\nR\/o. Thimmanahaiti Village-,._\n\nPost Anandavana,   V .  \nHaven' Taluk and Bi'stri&lt;:t.*\u00bb.~7:--_V &#039;  \n\n...Petitioner\n&#039;(Bey &#039;Sufi &#039;K Pujar, Advocate)\n1;&quot;, State ofi}(a,.FF}ata}&lt;e H  &quot;&quot;&quot; &quot; &quot;\n&#039;~.Re,;3&#039;reserateci.At:y&#039; ftsvsecretary,\nDepartment. of Commerce and\n\nIn&quot;c.&#039;a_str_ies &quot;(vM&#039;i&#039;:1es).&quot;_&#039; v V \nM.S. Bu&#039;E!ding,&#039;v.&#039;j_ \n\nO  _BANGALOR,E 4-580 001.\n\n. &quot; -fE&#039;heASecret&#039;a_r&#039;:\u00a7\/,\n. &#039; A;P.M&#039;.C._,\n Hezyeai. Haveri Dist.\n\n H &#039;V:t.V&#039;_~3&#039;.~~.&#039;VA&#039;:IV&quot;he Secretary, 6\n&#039;V V  ~._A.&quot;P;&#039;M.C. Byadgi,  \n A &#039;V  \u00a3;l)\/&#039;g_,w_f_W,,_,o,.. ..... .,\n\n\n\nByadgi Taluk,\nHaveri District.\n\n4. The Executive Engineer,\nDepartment of P.W.D. Division,\nHAVERI.\n\nS. The Executive Engineer,\nDepartment of Panchayat Raj   _\nEngineers, Division, :\nHAVERI. HAVERI DIST.\n\n Re\u00bbsp~ondents&#039; ~_\n\n(by Sri Basavaraj Karreddy, GA for R1--;_iS;&lt;i C.S.&quot;Patil,Aid?\/oVcate&#039;foVr R2 it\n\nand R3; R4 and RS._sd._)V\n\nThis writ petition is filed\ufb02lnder Articleisy 226 and 227 of the\nConstitution of India praying todirect t_th;e} respondents not to deduct<\/pre>\n<p>any royalty from the petitioner &#8220;running: w.o.rk&#8217;&#8211;i.i}&#8217;iv!l_s&#8217;&#8211;~ and direct the<br \/>\nrespondents to refund the roya&#8217;|&#8217;ty&#8221;a.niounti..as already deducted from<br \/>\nthe work biils of the p~et&#8217;iti.o,raer as perv=the\u00absc&#8217;heciulefof rate mentioned in<br \/>\nthe notification as per&#8217;-&#8216;..An3fiexut*e: B.  ., <\/p>\n<p>This wrvi&#8217;t&#8217;;5etitlon coi\u20aci3ing&#8221;&#8216;tlp&#8217;&#8211;for p&#8217;r&#8217;eii&#8211;nn:inary hearing this day, the<\/p>\n<p>Court delivered the foiioywiVn&#8217;g.:-  2 _<br \/>\nA, &#8216;e;Q\u00a7\ufb01MENT<br \/>\n4:&#8217; ~    Dinakaran, C.J.)<br \/>\n   in thvlislipetition is a registered civil contractor<\/p>\n<p> of the Government Department and Local<\/p>\n<p>TV &#8216;;&gt;VBodies. A It is\ufb01cinltended that for the purpose of execution of civii<\/p>\n<p> the &#8220;petitioner is required to purchase building materiais<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;..tt:e..i&#8221;private sources. It is further contended that the<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Vipetit.io.rier does not own any quarry and that he is not liable to<br \/>\n fw\ufb01<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>pay any royalty to the respondents. However, the respondents<br \/>\nare deducting royalty from the bills of the petitioner without<\/p>\n<p>authority of law. Hence, this writ petition praying not to cleciuct<\/p>\n<p>the royalty from the bills of the petitioner in res_p*ect.,&#8217;,V&#8217;af&#8217;lithe\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>materials procured by them from private sources_for,exec.utior: of ._ <\/p>\n<p>the civil contract works.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. In similar matters, this&#8217; Cuourt&#8221;&#8216;in&#8221;G.V.  <\/p>\n<p>omens v. STATE OF KARNATAVKA&#8217; A,No&#8221;&#8216;ofHlERs, in Writ<br \/>\nPetitions No. 31384-31266 a,f&#8217;_&#8221;:99&lt;idg\u00e9gicsea-or, on 335* October,<br \/>\n1994 has laid down the priAn.(:i,p_les.&#039;relati&#039;n~g._Vtopthe payment of<\/p>\n<p>royaity by the extracted hereunder\u00bb:<\/p>\n<p>(a) Vvl&#8221;\/here material (subjected to<br \/>\nroyalty) isVlltheiresponslbility of the contractor<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;and the&#8217; Qepadlnent provides the contractor<\/p>\n<p>V  with speci\ufb01edllllborrow areas, for extraction of<br \/>\n  &#8216;3 ,.&#8217;re:qtrired construction material, the<br \/>\n   will be liable to pay royalty charges<br \/>\n for material (minor mineral) extracted from<\/p>\n<p>A T  areas, irrespective of whether the<br \/>\n contract is a item rate contract or a lump sum<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;  contract. Hence deduction of royalty charges<\/p>\n<p>*'&#8221;&#8221;&#8221;&#8221;f,l&#8217;.'&#8221;*\/&#8221;33<\/p>\n<p>(b)<\/p>\n<p> to<br \/>\n  tin :&#8221;op_en]emarked, that is material purchased<\/p>\n<p>in such cases will be legal. For this purpose<\/p>\n<p>non&#8211;execution of mining lease is not relevant,<br \/>\nas the liability to pay royalty arises on accountrty\n<\/p>\n<p>-of the contractor extracting material from <\/p>\n<p>Government land, for use in the work.<\/p>\n<p>Where under the contract the&#8221;responsibiility.to<br \/>\nsupply the material (minor in&amp;ine_ra~is) is that 7-if<br \/>\nthe Department\/employer andthe contractor <\/p>\n<p>required to provide onlyhvthe\u00bblaboui&#8217;.an&#8217;d..seri{ice<br \/>\nfor execution of an y work&#8217; .inyolv*;ing use of such<br \/>\nmaterial, and the&#8221;&#8221;unit ram &#8216;o?oes{&#8216;no&#8217;\u00a3&#8217; include the<br \/>\ncost of mAaterial,,&#8230;there :&gt;inc&#8217;i&#8221;-viia&#8217;b&#8217;iiity on the<br \/>\ncontractor &#8216;pay any:.e~toya:lty;~ V.  will be the<br \/>\nposition&#8221;_e,ven&#8221;:&#8221;__if  &#8216;\u00abcon&#8217;tra,cto_r is required to<\/p>\n<p>tVranspori._&#8211;.Vthe.&#8217;material from outside the work<br \/>\nsite, so iongvVfas&#8217;l&#8217;t*he*- unit rate is only for labour<br \/>\nor ser}\/i&#8217;ce &#8216;and._vdo,\u00e9s not include the cost of<\/p>\n<p>3  material; ~   V<\/p>\n<p> id:\/here:V&#8221;th_e contractor uses material purchased<\/p>\n<p>A  from private sources like quarry lease holders<\/p>\n<p>~.or&#8217;\u00ab;private quarry owners, there is no liability<\/p>\n<p>A&#8217; &#8216;  on the contractor to pay any royalty charges.<\/p>\n<p>In cases covered by paras (b) and (C) the<br \/>\nDepartment cannot recover or deduct any<\/p>\n<p>royalty from the bills of the contractor and if so<br \/>\ndeducted, the Department will be bound to<br \/>\nrefund any amount so deducted or collected to<br \/>\nthe contractor. &#8221;  T<\/p>\n<p>(e) Subject to the above, collection of  <\/p>\n<p>the Department or refundmthereotwiibyfjvthe   <\/p>\n<p>Department will be governed b:_ythe3ternis  it<\/p>\n<p>con tra ct.\n<\/p>\n<p>(f) Nothing stated above sha&#8217;l!:lbeVV construed as a<br \/>\ndirection for refiJ&#8217;na_&#8221;_ in _i*e\u00a7ard to &#8221; any particular<br \/>\ncontract. The is  authority<br \/>\nconcerriedvshall decided Vin_&#8217;eaeh&#8217;_  whether<br \/>\nroyalty  O  &#8216;_bev::de\u00e91u&amp;Vte&#8217;d . &#8216;if y royalty is<\/p>\n<p>aireadyiii,  wli_eth&#8217;er it should be<br \/>\nrefunded; View the above. principles<br \/>\nandwterms &#8216;of  ..cb&#8211;ntract. &#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> 3. ..4}g&#8217;\u00a7&#8221;h&#8217;e said&#8221;&#8216;det;_ision has been upheid by the Division<\/p>\n<p> of   the case of OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR<\/p>\n<p> or= l&#8221;DE:&#8217;r$.AR&#8217;F&#8217;i4?l&#8217;ENiif&#8221;&#8221;&#8221;OF MINES AND GEOLOGY v. M.<\/p>\n<p>V71__M(iHAMt9EED~iiAj&#8217;EE in Writ Appeal No. 830 of 2006 disposed of<\/p>\n<p>{  september, 2096.\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">6<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. Foltowing the judgment of this Court rendered in Writ<\/p>\n<p>Appeal No.83{) of 2006 disposed of on 25&#8243;&#8216; September, <\/p>\n<p>wrEt petition is aiso disposed of. No order as to costs. e .,..:  :_. <\/p>\n<p>  t   d<br \/>\n Tud\u00a73<\/p>\n<p>Index: Yes\/ No   V<br \/>\nWeb Host: Y\u00e9~xN\u00a7&gt;f&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Ia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Chandrashekaragouda vs The State Of Karnataka on 4 June, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit E IN THE \u00a7&#8217;IIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 4&#8243;&#8216; DAY OF JUNE 2009 PRESENT THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. P.D. 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