{"id":176916,"date":"2008-03-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-harish-gowda-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-18-march-2008"},"modified":"2015-07-25T01:04:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-24T19:34:11","slug":"s-harish-gowda-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-18-march-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/s-harish-gowda-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-18-march-2008","title":{"rendered":"S Harish Gowda vs State Of Karnataka on 18 March, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
S Harish Gowda vs State Of Karnataka on 18 March, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: K.L.Manjunath<\/div>\n
in man HIGH couaw ow KAnNAmAKA Am Ban\u00e9ai\ufb01\ufb01n\",\n\nI\n\n'TED\n\nE\n\nT\ufb01ls was 13\"'__g or Mnnggggzc\ufb01ai T\n\nO\n\nF\n\nEl\n\nR E.\"\n\n \n\nTHE HON'BLB M.JUSTICE K L.MAmJu\ufb013\u00a7H' \"\n\nWRIT PETITION no. 3\u00a77\u00e9*oE z\u00e9asran-Em\/S)\n\nBETWEEN\n\n1\n\nalts \n\n5 EARISH GownA_'; .1u '=\n\nAGED Amour 32 rEaRs;g,_ ,\nRfA\u00a3;s\/Qgm.sEE?HARAMA1Aa,,\nuo;13;;sm+\u00a2Ros$;AsRommE.LAxouT,\nAmm1GUp?E,v1Ja\u00a7A\ufb01haAR?'\n~BANGALOEEe4\ufb01,'a ' V'\n\n\\v'K v1J\u00e9:[Ku\ufb01AR*\"\nS[O-NAGESH<SUsERA3A snawwy,\nAEEE ABouT12\u00e9_3EARs,\n\n" R\/Am no 70,11 MAIN ROAD,\n\n2 _4T3 cRosa,HosAHALLI VIJ"YA\ufb01A\ufb01AR,\n\n"EANaaLoRE--4o.\n\nPO\n\n= 3aC.\u00a3AGESH\nSfQ.\u20acHINNA MARE GGWDA,\n;AQED ABOUT 29 YEARS,\n\nh'M\/s.ARpITHA couswnncwxons,\n'\u00ab\ufb01O.729,BTH CROSS,RPC Laxo\ufb01w,\nBAHGALQRE--40.\n\nS\/O.MARE GGWDA,\n\nAGED ABOUT 28 YEKRS,\nM!S.MARUTHI CDNSTRUCTIONS,\nRPC LAEOUT,VIJAIANA\ufb02AR,\nBANGALORE-49.\n\nPETITIONERS\n\n\n\n(By 8121. P V CI-IAN'DRASHEKAR,ADV.)\n\nAND :\n1 STATE QF :r_A.12_r.~r_A.TA_rOT     -s  4.\nRZE'.P.BY ITS PRINCIPAL sEc.*RETf1_"xRT,   \n\nf)E'PARTi-a'Ei.~a"'f GF P'u'BLI(3. f-30%, \nM.S.BUILDING, ' _  -V\nBANGALORE-01. \n\nREP. BY ITS PRI_1\ufb01CIPAL__\u00a711C\u00a3R\u00a5}TA1\u00a7Y'*\u00ab_ _ \n\nTHE FITTEF E1\\;Q"r1.1"'r.!mD\n\nDEPARTMENT OF PU'BLI_C ',WOnIK_m_ I'2C')'f\"',\"K . OTEOLE, T A' \n\n   'V \n\n3 THE  .......-Q'B_ ;~LA_I-iA_\"rs.';;n:aA1a _.%;m\n\nJ c.ROm);BzO\u00a7Om.ORE-O2. %\n\n\"\" P \n\n4 TTHT.  AUTHORITY\nKEIMARA OTPA123 vm-.s=T\"'-_;axTN. _,\n13ANGAL'ORE.w2U \n\n,  By' I.\"Ts. cOv.z\u00ab.e1s-.\u00a2:-x-:~:Ez=.~.\n\n\"\"\" \" . . . RESPONDENTS<\/pre>\n
 (::;yf EAIIEERAPPA, AOA FOR R1 5. R2;<\/p>\n
sRI’;~3. N”.  FOR R3:\n<\/p>\n
 . EOET 11.4)<\/p>\n
*1’i~’.IS W.F. IS E’ILEu”‘ UNDER ARTICLE’ 225 E:<\/p>\n
V227.-.93 THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA, PRAYING TO<\/p>\n
‘OT3zEcT THE RESPONDENTS NOT TO DEDUCT my<\/p>\n
_V .’.j;.ROTALT2 FROM OUT OF THE HILLS OF THE
\n  PETITIONERS IN RESPECT OF THE WORKS CARRIED<\/p>\n
GE”! B1′ TI-“..EM FOP. TI-IE  ASL! LOCAL-<\/p>\n
LVVBODIES, PURSUANT TO THE NOTIFICATIONS DT.<\/p>\n
i5.7.i\u00a7\ufb015 VIEE A’1*T1~’l’E\u00a7fI.A. A’N’D ET. 2\ufb01.3.19\u00a7\ufb01 VIEE
\nANNEELB. AND DT. 28.5.94 VIDE ANNEXHC. AND TO<\/p>\n
REFUND was ROYALTY AMOUNT <\/p>\n
.nGM THE PETITICNERS.\n<\/p>\n
THIS WRIT PETITIQNV-_CO\u00a7%&I1\u00a7I\u00e9'”:’ON-ti’; \ufb01~oRi<\/p>\n
PRELIMINARY HEAR:;~:e- Teas; DAL’ ;, -‘i’-ma _’er:;U”R’I{_ MEKDE
\nTHE FOLLOWING:-  i *  1. .\n<\/p>\n
W .\n<\/p>\n
my,  VA<\/p>\n
0  <\/span><\/p>\n
I!<\/p>\n
Heard the eetneelhtetethe.petttieners and
\nthe reapondents. LQte’L1\u00bbv %2h ‘<\/p>\n
2. The \u00a7etitRonees*Rte*eie;; e-ntrecters.
\nThey hm\ufb01e\ufb02te\u00e9ethetf\ufb01iled these Writ Petitions
\nta Rqgas;}R\u00a2$exg;e\u00a7~A;R”ahd C and to further
\ndiregt ,E;a.:tee\u00a7eheehts not to collect the<\/p>\n
royalty frem_the_\u00a7etitioners bill in respect<\/p>\n
s._ Of\ufb02theiworkwer\ufb01er issued by the 2″ respondent<\/p>\n
.V,’a\ufb01de”te”efyrther direct the reep-ndente to<\/p>\n
Refund the royalty if hny celleeted fram the<\/p>\n
‘, petitienere -anning bill.<\/p>\n
h”a3. It is not in dispute that in similar<\/p>\n
eircumstances this. Court in G.V.KUMAR AND<\/p>\n
CTHERS VS. STATE OF KARNATAKA in W.P.NO.31264<\/p>\n
to 31266\/94 disposed of on 31.10.1994 ha% laid<\/p>\n
<:\/<\/p>\n
V<\/p>\n
down the principles relating to the  ' _<\/p>\n
royalty by the contractors. 'i'he  '* V<\/p>\n
has become final since the  "iias.A.'not':"b_ee;3<\/p>\n
reversed .\n<\/p>\n
4. In View of the .\u00e9’a,;iie, thi;-2. jcc>’i.u.~1.’-;\u00a7 is of<\/p>\n
N’<\/p>\n
he opinion, the p:re’sen’tm’:_Wri\u00a7t.\ufb02’Petitiozii has to
\nbe disposed of    to
\nconsider the    eit” er
\nfor refund    to cieciuct the
\nroYa1t3i ””     bills by
\nconsirierihg’  ladi down in
\nG. V. K’q”1~\u00a2iA1{  ‘.’  <\/p>\n
  the”‘::e–su1t, the Writ Petition is<\/p>\n
 vclirecting the re__,-nd.ente to<\/p>\n
co11.si’deri’the’ case of the petitioners for<\/p>\n
 ‘refunci ..of\u00ab:_ royaity or not to deduct the royalty<\/p>\n
 “\u00a7\u00a3j:..–.-o”:_:;'”‘~\u00ab–._1;…e running 121115 by applying the<\/p>\n
 ‘-3\u00a7ri’3jic”p1es laid down by this Court in<\/p>\n
  & orrmns vs. STATE 017 KARNATAKA ag.<\/p>\n
OTHERS. Accordingly, Annexure-A, B and C are<\/p>\n
%\/<\/p>\n
quashed. Petitioners are perIuitte\u00a71″””‘t\u00a5:_’%_<\/p>\n
fresh raprasezntati— -3: -urniahi.z-zg.  V.<\/p>\n
2-me .-‘.;r%z: passed i\ufb01 G.v.3:s:’aIni;”ar\u00a7  vs;<\/p>\n
STATE ca? KARNATAKA Am ow\ufb01mis  \u00a3he. ‘><\/p>\n
respondents to consJ’.d4e1\u00a7V’VL’L’t.1_i eei;: d\u00e9ta\u00e9pfro\ufb01sjerly.<\/p>\n
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Karnataka High Court S Harish Gowda vs State Of Karnataka on 18 March, 2008 Author: K.L.Manjunath in man HIGH couaw ow KAnNAmAKA Am Ban\u00e9ai\ufb01\ufb01n”, I ‘TED E T\ufb01ls was 13″‘__g or Mnnggggzc\ufb01ai T O F El R E.” THE HON’BLB M.JUSTICE K L.MAmJu\ufb013\u00a7H’ ” WRIT PETITION no. 3\u00a77\u00e9*oE z\u00e9asran-Em\/S) BETWEEN 1 alts 5 EARISH GownA_’; […]<\/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-176916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nS Harish Gowda vs State Of Karnataka on 18 March, 2008 - 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\/s-harish-gowda-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-18-march-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"S Harish Gowda vs State Of Karnataka on 18 March, 2008 - 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