{"id":17209,"date":"2007-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jose-thomas-m-vs-union-of-india-on-25-may-2007"},"modified":"2015-10-10T04:17:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T22:47:06","slug":"jose-thomas-m-vs-union-of-india-on-25-may-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jose-thomas-m-vs-union-of-india-on-25-may-2007","title":{"rendered":"Jose Thomas M. vs Union Of India on 25 May, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court<\/div>\n
Jose Thomas M. vs Union Of India on 25 May, 2007<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n  IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM\n\nWA No. 1112 of 2007()\n\n\n1. JOSE THOMAS M., GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR,\n                      ...  Petitioner\n\n                        Vs\n\n\n\n1. UNION OF INDIA, REP.BY THE\n                       ...       Respondent\n\n2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER,\n\n3. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION)\n\n4. THE ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE ENGINEER\n\n                For Petitioner  :SRI.K.BABU THOMAS\n\n                For Respondent  :SRI.ALEXANDER THOMAS, SC,RAILWAYS\n\nThe Hon'ble the Chief Justice MR.H.L.DATTU\nThe Hon'ble MR. Justice K.T.SANKARAN\n\n Dated :25\/05\/2007\n\n O R D E R\n                 H.L. DATTU, C.J.   &   K.T. SANKARAN, J.\n\n\n                        -------------------------------------\n\n                                W.A. No.1112 of 2007\n\n                         ------------------------------------\n\n\n\n                    Dated this, the 25th day of May, 2007.\n\n\n                                         JUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n
H.L. DATTU, C.J.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                 This   appeal   is   filed   against   the   order   passed   by   the   learned<\/p>\n
single Judge in W.P.(C) No.10406 of 2007.<\/p>\n
                 2.  The petitioner is a contractor.  He was before this court, inter<\/p>\n
alia, seeking the following reliefs:<\/p>\n
         “(i)    Issue a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, or<\/p>\n
                 order, or direction to the respondents requiring to consider<\/p>\n
                 and   pass   orders   on   Ext.P6,   P7   and   P9,   to   take   final   level<\/p>\n
                 measurement of all items and quantities carried out  by the<\/p>\n
                 petitioner  in  the  presence,  before  allowing to  carry  out  the<\/p>\n
                 balance works at site.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
          (ii) Issue a writ of prohibition,  or any other appropriate writ, or<\/p>\n
                 order, or direction to the respondents, interdicting them from<\/p>\n
                 in  any  way  allowing  to  carry  out   the   balance  works  at   site<\/p>\n
                 specified   in   Ext.P1,   till   final   measurement   of   all   items   and<\/p>\n
                 quantities   is   taken   in   the   presence   of   the   petitioner   and<\/p>\n
                 copy   of   recorded   measurement   is   handed   over   to   him,   to<\/p>\n
                 raise objection, if any as is required.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
         (iii) Appoint   an   Advocate   Commissioner   to   oversee   final<\/p>\n
                 measurement of all items and quantities of work carried out<\/p>\n
                 by the petitioner at  site pursuant  to Ext.P1 before allowing<\/p>\n
                 to carry out the balance works at site, to prevent alteration<\/p>\n
                 of the quantity, appearance, and nature of the work carried<\/p>\n
                 out by him, in any manner; and<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
         (iv) Grant such other reliefs this Hon. Court may deem proper,<\/p>\n
                 just,   equitable   and   necessary   in   the   peculiar   facts   and<\/p>\n
                 circumstances   of   the   case   including   the   costs   incurred   by<\/p>\n
                 the petitioner in these proceedings.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
W.A.No.1112 of 2007<\/p>\n
                                                       :: 2 ::\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                      3.     This   court,   while   entertaining   the   writ   petition,   had<\/p>\n
granted   an   interim   order   dated   27.3.2007.     The   interim   order   reads   as<\/p>\n
under:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                  “If   the   petitioner   appears   before   the   4th<\/p>\n
                      respondent,   tomorrow   at   10   A.M.,   measurement   shall<\/p>\n
                      be taken at his presence. This order is being issued on<\/p>\n
                      the   basis   of   the   submissions   made   by   the   learned<\/p>\n
                      counsel for the respondents.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      4.   Alleging   that   the   respondents   have   wilfully   and<\/p>\n
deliberately   disobeyed   the   orders   and   directions   issued   by   this   court,<\/p>\n
the petitioner had filed Contempt Petition   No.577 of 2007.         This court<\/p>\n
by   its   order   dated   30.3.2007   has   rejected   the   writ   petition   and   the<\/p>\n
contempt petition, and while doing so the learned Judge has observed as<\/p>\n
under:\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                            “If   there   is   any   controversy   as   to   whether<\/p>\n
                 measurements following the order dated 27.3.2007 have<\/p>\n
                 not   been   appropriately   taken,   the   Railways   have   to<\/p>\n
                 sustain   their   decision   and   action   on   the   basis   of<\/p>\n
                 measurements taken by them earlier, which, according to<\/p>\n
                 them,   have   been   recorded   in   the   presence   of<\/p>\n
                 independent witnesses.  At any rate, I am of the firm view<\/p>\n
                 that any dispute between the parties cannot further deter<\/p>\n
                 the   work  in   question,   firstly  because   the   work  has   been<\/p>\n
                 re-arranged  and,  secondly,  because any further  delay in<\/p>\n
                 carrying   on   with   the   work   will   adversely   affect   the<\/p>\n
                 exchequer by any intervening monsoon.   That apart, the<\/p>\n
                 questions   raised   are   essentially   disputed   questions   of<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1112 of 2007<\/p>\n
                                                       :: 3 ::\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n
                 facts,   which   cannot   be   left   to   be   decided   in   the   writ<\/p>\n
                 petition.     I   also   do   not   find   that   the   respondent   in   the<\/p>\n
                 contempt   case,   is   at   least   prima   facie,   guilty   of<\/p>\n
                 disobedience.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
<\/blockquote>\n
                      5.       Aggrieved  by   the  aforesaid   order  of   the   learned  single<\/p>\n
Judge, the appellant is before us in this appeal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      6.       As  we understand,   the  primary  relief  sought  for   by the<\/p>\n
petitioner in the writ petition  was for a direction to the 4th respondent to<\/p>\n
take   appropriate   measurement   of   the   work   done   by   the   petitioner<\/p>\n
pursuant to a contract  awarded to him.   In fact, by an interim order, this<\/p>\n
court had granted the main relief itself to the petitioner.<\/p>\n
                      7.     Since,   according   to  the   petitioner,   the   respondents   had<\/p>\n
not complied with the interim order dated 27.3.2007, he filed a contempt<\/p>\n
petition   before   this   court   as   C.O.C.No.577   of   2007.     This   court,   after<\/p>\n
detailed consideration of the allegations made, has rejected the same and<\/p>\n
thereby rejected the writ petition also.<\/p>\n
                      8.       As we have already stated,     the main relief sought for<\/p>\n
by the appellant\/petitioner       against the respondents   was to direct them<\/p>\n
to   make   appropriate   measurement   of   the   work   carried   out   by   the<\/p>\n
petitioner   pursuant   to   contract   awarded   to   him.     This   court,   while<\/p>\n
entertaining   the   writ   petition,   had   directed   the   4th   respondent   to   take<\/p>\n
appropriate  measurement  of  the work done by the petitioner.   Since the<\/p>\n
main   prayer   sought   for   by   the   petitioner   is   granted,   while   granting   the<\/p>\n
W.A.No.1112 of 2007<\/p>\n
                                                       :: 4 ::\n<\/p>\n
interim   prayer   by   this   court   it   cannot   be   said   that   the   writ   petitioner   is<\/p>\n
aggrieved by the orders passed by this court on 27.3.2007 and 30.3.2007.<\/p>\n
In view of the above, writ appeal deserves to be rejected and accordingly<\/p>\n
it is rejected.  Ordered accordingly.<\/p>\n
                                                                                Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                                                             H.L. DATTU,<\/p>\n
                                                                          CHIEF JUSTICE.\n<\/p>\n
                                                                              Sd\/-\n<\/p>\n
                                                                          K.T. SANKARAN,<\/p>\n
                                                                                JUDGE.\n<\/p>\n
\nsk\/DK.\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
                                             \/\/true copy\/\/<\/p>\n
                                             P.S. To Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kerala High Court Jose Thomas M. vs Union Of India on 25 May, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM WA No. 1112 of 2007() 1. JOSE THOMAS M., GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR, … Petitioner Vs 1. UNION OF INDIA, REP.BY THE … Respondent 2. THE CHIEF ENGINEER, 3. THE DEPUTY CHIEF ENGINEER (CONSTRUCTION) 4. 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