{"id":133298,"date":"2009-07-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/g-venkatesh-so-gurumurthi-reddy-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-9-july-2009"},"modified":"2016-03-29T07:10:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T01:40:38","slug":"g-venkatesh-so-gurumurthi-reddy-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-9-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/g-venkatesh-so-gurumurthi-reddy-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-9-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"G Venkatesh S\/O Gurumurthi Reddy, vs The State Of Karnataka on 9 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">G Venkatesh S\/O Gurumurthi Reddy, vs The State Of Karnataka on 9 July, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\"><\/p>\n<pre><\/pre>\n<p>3<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Petitions No. 31264-31266 of 1994 disposed of on 315&#8242; Qcto&#8217;t2.et,,<\/p>\n<p>1994 has Eaid down the principies reiating to the <\/p>\n<p>royatty by the contractors. The same are extracted  <\/p>\n<p>(a) Where providing the material (sL:bje{:&#8217;t&#8217;ed to&lt;ifoya:lty)&#039;&quot;<br \/>\nis the responsibility of the con*trac&#8211;tor and .<br \/>\nDepartment provides the c:o:n&#039;t.ractor&#039; with -specified&#039;<br \/>\nborrow areas, for extraction of the \u00ab&#8211;reguire?d<br \/>\nconstruction material;-._the&quot;&#039;~&#8211;vvill be liable<br \/>\nto pay royalty chabrgles&#039; for\ufb01tlre  ( minor<br \/>\nmineral) extracted from. such areas, v_ irrespective of<br \/>\nwhether ;the&quot;,;contract :&#039;s  item&#039; rate._.contract or a<br \/>\nlump  deduction of royalty<br \/>\ncharges\u00bb cases  For this purpose<br \/>\nn.on-e)tecu&#039;tion of myinin\ufb02g lease is not relevant, as<br \/>\ntheliability  arises on account of the<br \/>\ncontractor&#039;,eiktractingiiriaterial from a Government<\/p>\n<p>5 land, for use in&#039;the* work.\n<\/p>\n<p> ) under&#8217;-die&#8217; contract the responsibility to<br \/>\n&#8216; 2 ., 2 supplythe material (minor minerals) is that of the<br \/>\nvbeiparfmentfemployer and the contractor is<br \/>\n to provide only the labour and service for<br \/>\n ex&#8217;ec:uti&#8217;on of any work involving use of such<br \/>\n, mate-rial, and the unit rate does not include the<br \/>\n{cost of material, there is no liability on the<br \/>\n&#8220;contractor to pay any royalty. This will be the<br \/>\nposition even if the contractor is required to<br \/>\ntransport the material from outside the work site,<\/p>\n<p>\\_,,. . ,Ww,,&#8230;wW.\u00bb,\u00bb&#8217; -\u00bb=&#8217;\u00bb=\u00bb=M,.\u00bb&#8230;,..,.,.n.  , .. .\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"hidden_text\">4<\/span><\/p>\n<p>so long as the unit rate is only for labour or service&#8217; =<br \/>\nand does not include the cost of material.  V V\n<\/p>\n<p>(c) Where the contractor uses material purchased <\/p>\n<p>open marked, that is material'&#8221;&#8216;p&#8211;:ircha&#8217;sed&#8217;at\ufb01tomxa<\/p>\n<p>private sources like quarry lease holders or.priyate&#8221;   A<\/p>\n<p>quarry owners, there is no &#8220;liability  lithe&#8217;<br \/>\ncontractor to pay any royait_y&#8217;oharges..__ &#8216;  I\n<\/p>\n<p>(d) In cases covered by paras_b(b,) and the<br \/>\nDepartment cannot &#8216;r.ecov_ermor any royalty<br \/>\nfrom the bills of the&#8217;co:&#8217;iitraq:ti;vr}anad-if deducted,<br \/>\nthe Department willdbe &#8216;bound&#8217;&amp;\u00b0toV&#8221;&#8216;refund any<br \/>\namount so cledrjcteij or collected a- to. the con tractor.\n<\/p>\n<p>(e) Subject  aaboiieyfjcoallectioieg of royalty by the<br \/>\nD~ep&#8211;artn9ie.n&#8217;t  reF&#8217;und._ the-reo.,r._ y the Department<br \/>\nwill be goirernedt b y&#8217; \u00abtheterms of contract.\n<\/p>\n<p>(f) Nothing statedsijy&#8217;aboyemsnall be construed as a<br \/>\ndirectiona for lfefL&#8217;f?sCf\u00ab.._.i7i&#8217;} regard to any particular<\/p>\n<p>4; contract.  TlThaeV&#8217;Department or authority concerned<br \/>\n&#8230;C&#8217;sh,all decided breach case, whether royalty is to be<br \/>\n  deductedvor if any royalty is already deducted,<br \/>\n yoawhether Vitvshould be refunded, keeping in view the<\/p>\n<p>A  above &#8220;principles and terms of the contract.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p> _ The said decision has been upheici by the Division<\/p>\n<p>of..tf?..%&#8217;is Court in the case of OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR<\/p>\n<p> &#8216;raor,A:, ,m%PARTMENT OF MINES AND GE\/o,Lo,<\/p>\n<p>GY V. M.\n<\/p>\n<p>MOHAMMED HAJEE in Writ Appeai No. 830 of 2006 disposed of<\/p>\n<p>on 25&#8243;&#8216; September, 2006.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. Foiiowing the judgment of this Court rendered..&#8217;in.t:\\i&#8217;Ji9itVv<\/p>\n<p>Appeal No.830 of 2006 disposed of on 25&#8243;&#8216; <\/p>\n<p>these petitions are disposed of in simiiar_te,rrhs. _-i\\io&#8217;.to  &#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>I: \u00ab  &#8216;<\/p>\n<p>costs.\n<\/p>\n<p>  % Ch.g&#8217;e&#8217;;f3&#8217;us&#8217;tice&#8217;i 0 00<\/p>\n<p>        sax.\n<\/p>\n<p>   Judge<\/p>\n<p>Index&#8217;:.Yes\u00ab,\/  &#8220;&#8221;&#8221; &#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>Web &#8216;H_ostv:_Yeds  . *<\/p>\n<p> Ia &#8221; ._<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court G Venkatesh S\/O Gurumurthi Reddy, vs The State Of Karnataka on 9 July, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit 3 Petitions No. 31264-31266 of 1994 disposed of on 315&#8242; Qcto&#8217;t2.et,, 1994 has Eaid down the principies reiating to the royatty by the contractors. 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