{"id":119036,"date":"2009-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-p-suryanna-shetty-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-30-july-2009"},"modified":"2015-06-22T03:28:34","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T21:58:34","slug":"sri-p-suryanna-shetty-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-30-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-p-suryanna-shetty-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-30-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri.P.Suryanna Shetty vs State Of Karnataka on 30 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri.P.Suryanna Shetty vs State Of Karnataka on 30 July, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n
1\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALOREVT\u00bb-.c4_'\"..V_\n\nDATED THIS THE 30\"' DAY OF JULY, 2oo9__  \u00ab  ..._:  ;_. A' \n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE I-EON'BI..E MR. 9.9. DINAKARAZN, CZHEEI-\"\u00ab.}IU1$fTcI_.:(2EVVV._| __ \n\nAND _\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE:V;TG. sAa=.HA-HIT  1'\n\nWRIT P!-;TITIoI~_e N0. 3Aai4'of'~9oo9  \n GM\" MM\"-9\n\n \n\nBetween:\n\nSri P.Suryanna Shettyv,'V, '_'- \nSon of late Narayar:a'--.She'_i'ty._, . '\nAged 58 years, '  \nP.W.D. Contractor-Qass \n\nResding at Pras!i\"i'an.t;h1Niiaifa,'. , ..\nYedthare, Byndoor-S'75_21_\u00ab7'.\u00abV.V  \n\n. . . Petitioner\n\n(By Sri  Prat\/e'eri'..\u00a3i<\u00ab.Aa_an.d rs.75,592--00\n(Collected as per Annx--B) and Con.sequentl',{; and etc; \n\nThese :vv'ri'tlVp'eti'iiions':ii:oin:i'ng:'up forupreliminary hearing this day,\nthe Court delivered the~"F:-il.Iowingv:g __ -- -\n\n  , 'QJ'*i.J'  NT\n\n(oeiavg-red by no. Dinakaran, c.3.)\n p.eti'ti'onVer.,_in thesempetitions is the registered civil contractor\n\n  of the Government Department and Locai\n\n'i"iA...\u00ab'i:'~odies.  isV.con't.en'ded that for the purpose of execution of civil\n\n.._l,i'_jv,:ori<s, the petitioner is required to purchase buiiding materials from\n\n'j._'_"theprivatevsources. It is further. contended that the petitioner do not\n\nit  any qnarries and that they are not liable to pay any royalty to the\n\n respondents. However, the respondents are deducting royaity from<\/pre>\n
\/2″‘: ‘”-3<\/p>\n
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1?\n<\/p>\n
the bins of the petitioner without authority of law. Henc.e;\u00bb.th-es’eA
\npetitions praying not to deduct the royaity from <\/p>\n
petitioner in respect of the materiais procured by them”v’fr:ovm””privatet_” <\/p>\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
sources for execution of the civil contract wo=,,r_ks_:.._, A 3<\/p>\n
2.<\/p>\n
omens v. STATE OF KARNATAKA Aviiinwojfneitzs  ‘\\iilritVV}Petitions
\nNo.3126-4-31266 of 1994 cfisposed orfiani.sv:\u20acF_V_o,\u00a2t–ober, 2594 has laid<\/p>\n
down the principies reiating to ‘T-thveh’.”pvafym.e.nf\u00bbA.’gf__’_i’oyalty by the<\/p>\n
In similar matters, this’: Court in_’VG.\\VI. <\/p>\n
contractors. The same are “extracted h.ereuh’dejr:, <\/p>\n
( a)<\/p>\n
Where. prg-yidin”p””tl7.e4″n3i’;.re.rial.:_{subjected to royalty) is<\/p>\n
the respohsibilityiofthencontractor and the Department
\nprovides the”co’n,tractor,,_yyi’th specified borrow areas, for
\nextia_ctio_n of. the” .’eij’uired construction material, the<\/p>\n
_contractor”i1iili’Vbe l-fable” to pay royalty charges for the<\/p>\n
 material {minor mineral) extracted from such areas,<\/p>\n
‘irrespective of Viiyiihether the contract is a item rate<\/p>\n
  contract. ‘or.._a lump sum contract. Hence deduction of<\/p>\n
 ,r’oyalt,y charges in such cases will be legal. For this<\/p>\n
V purpose non-execution of mining lease is not relevant,<\/p>\n
4’ asthe liability to pay royalty arises on account of the<\/p>\n
contractor extracting material from a Government land,<\/p>\n
V  for use in the work.\n<\/p>\n
Where under the contract the responsibility to supply
\nthe that of the
\nDepartment\/employer and the contractor is required to<\/p>\n
;”‘i””.:><r::\u00ab
\ni  '<\/p>\n
material (minor minerals) is<\/p>\n
(C)<\/p>\n
(0')<\/p>\n
am<\/p>\n
provide only the labour and service for execution of any
\nwork involving use of such material, and the unit rate':_
\ndoes not include the cost of material, there is no li'abiiity
\non the contractor to pay any royalty. This will  '
\nposition even if the -contractor is required to in
\nthe material from outside the worktsite, so flongi 'as-T';m\u00e9"<\/p>\n
unit rate is only for labour or iserviceg and}does'-.not*…_  D<\/p>\n
include the cost of material.\n<\/p>\n
Where the contractor uses material purchased open”<\/p>\n
marked, that is material purch_ased_ ii’on1 pri’vatevsourr\u00a7es
\nlike quarry lease holders or jprivate q_uarry.owners, there
\nis no liability on the J contract’ol” to pay ‘any royalty<\/p>\n
charges.    _ <\/p>\n
In cases paid; (b)_4Vand’ (c)”‘the Department<\/p>\n
jiannlotrlrecoverfnoi de’duct any royalty from the bills of<\/p>\n
the co’ntractor”-and..bif”‘deducted, the Department will<\/p>\n
be ‘bound to refund ari;(__’airl’ount so deducted or collected<\/p>\n
to the “contractor. ‘<\/p>\n
 Subjec_t to the—–above, collection of royalty by the<\/p>\n
Department or refund thereof by the Department will be<\/p>\n
 = gVo’veriied..by.. the terms of contract.<\/p>\n
No\u00a3’hing.- stated above shall be construed as a direction<\/p>\n
..for.,reVfund in regard to any particular contract. The<\/p>\n
Department or authority concerned shall decided in each<\/p>\n
H case, whether royalty is to be deducted or if any royalty<\/p>\n
is already deducted, whether it should be refunded,<\/p>\n
keeping in view the above principles and terms of the
\n ~,:r\u00b0%<\/p>\n
contract. ”\n<\/p>\n
5<\/span><\/p>\n
3. The said decision has been upheld by the DivisiQnVV_:Be\u00bbm:_h<\/p>\n
of this Court in the case 03″ OFFICE OF THE DIR._\u00a3’c:’rt)_R–.:__e:?_:_”~_<\/p>\n
DEPARTMENT OF muss AND GEOLOGY v.\n<\/p>\n
HAJEE in Writ Appeal No. 830 of 2006 dispzl\ufb01isediidf pri=__25″‘f -s_iep:;e.rr;ibia_p,T”f<\/p>\n
2005.\n<\/p>\n
4. Foilowing the judgment  Cou’r’t.V_rendere’d  Writ
\nAppeal No.83() of 2006 dispo5ed.V_ of ci.~i””25\u00a5.j*”jS\u00e9’p.tempei\u00a2”2006, these<\/p>\n
petitions are disposed of in similaf terms–\ufb02’|\\\u00a3o Qi’d.e”_r..a”s\u00bbto costs.<\/p>\n
   -Chief Justice<\/p>\n
Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
Judge<\/p>\n
Index; Yee ” ij
\n Web Host: “Yes \/ VNun7f_  it<\/p>\n
‘Ida 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Sri.P.Suryanna Shetty vs State Of Karnataka on 30 July, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALOREVT\u00bb-.c4_'”..V_ DATED THIS THE 30″‘ DAY OF JULY, 2oo9__ \u00ab …_: ;_. A’ PRESENT THE I-EON’BI..E MR. 9.9. DINAKARAZN, CZHEEI-“\u00ab.}IU1$fTcI_.:(2EVVV._| __ AND _ THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE:V;TG. sAa=.HA-HIT 1′ WRIT P!-;TITIoI~_e […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSri.P.Suryanna Shetty vs State Of Karnataka on 30 July, 2009 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-p-suryanna-shetty-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-30-july-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri.P.Suryanna Shetty vs State Of Karnataka on 30 July, 2009 - 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