{"id":204287,"date":"2008-11-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/govindreddy-so-rajreddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-on-26-november-2008"},"modified":"2016-12-10T02:29:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T20:59:16","slug":"govindreddy-so-rajreddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-on-26-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/govindreddy-so-rajreddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-on-26-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Govindreddy S\/O Rajreddy … vs The State, By Secretary, on 26 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Govindreddy S\/O Rajreddy … vs The State, By Secretary, on 26 November, 2008<\/div>\n
Author: S.Abdul Nazeer<\/div>\n
in THE PHGH coum' OF KARNATAK;{&\"\" \u00ab 5.: if  _\n\ncmcurr nmmn AT' euLnA1;1.3.\u00a7f jg.  \n\nDATED THIS THE 26TH DAY (fir 1\u00a7:jv;.~,g\u00a2;B'\u00a7;;e-.%20{)sLA\u00a7'%L' '  I\n\nBEFORE ' u   \nmm \ufb01orrnm am. wsfze\ufb01s\u00bb sg. mnu;[mgm\nwan' P\ufb01jl\ufb02oi\ufb01 {GM-im-91\n\nBETWEEN:    . \nGovindmddy    . U \ns\/o. Rajrcddy Raj33i173,   \nAged about4\u00a76'v\u00a7,!c:;ars  2 ~\n000: Class I. T Co1:c.tI%;i2:tor\"  \nRIG. S.harana'PL+:ugar\u00ab.M  \nK.E.B.VRoad V    \n\nBidar  \" _   _  PETITIONER\n\n(By 3:3, G.G;4\"C]::\u00a7ag2i\u00e9hc\u00a7ft1',..'Adv.)\n\n  'Tide; '0} Karnataka\n\n Rep\u00bb By? its Secztetazy\n M\u00a7\u00a31eS'and Geology Department\nrsx,s:.. Buiiding\n\n A. ,  Bahgalore ~ 550 001\n\n    \"The Executive Engineer\n\nP.W. B. Division\nBidar\n\n\" V 3. The Executive Engineer\n\nPMGSY Planning Division\nNear Old Govt. Hospital\nBidar\n\n\n\n4. The Executive Engineer\n\nM1. Division\n\nBidar\n\nThe Executive Engineer V '  \n\nPRE-Near Old Govt. Hospitai    A ~ \nBidar _ 7....}'~RESPQ'.?~E\u00a3)'EN'i'5; \"\n\nffl\n\n(By Sri. S.S. Kumman, AGA) \n\nThis Writ Petition i.s,e_\ufb011od--.u11de_zj Fqiieiews 226 \u00abSr. 227 of\nthe Constitution of Inciia,..prayiogwV_to' ci'iIet:'.:.\"me respondents<\/pre>\n
not to deduct royalty fiff;Af)II1>t]I_Ii\u00a7} biIIs ofVthe*petitioner and not
\nto insist the ;;iet;i;f;on.or ‘to  t1:e”royaity paid receipts
\nby their vendors etc,      ‘<\/p>\n
  P\u20ac\ufb01\ufb01O\ufb02: .oomi11g_ on for Prei1mma’ ‘ xy Homing
\nthis day, the  following:\n<\/p>\n
  “oRzmR<\/p>\n
  S\u00a3i;’o.S.4S;..VKummau, learned AGA, is directed to take
\nA “i1Q”t\u00a7oeTAfor7t_hve eos\ufb01oudents.
\n In this case, petitioner contends that he is a
\n  .%eg’\u00a3oiei*od civil oontractoz” carrying on civii Works for the<\/p>\n
  Deparunents and local bodies. It is further<\/p>\n
“”oootended that for the purpose of execution of civii works,
\npetitioner is required to pomhasc buiiding materiais from<\/p>\n
the private sources. It is ftlrther contended that petitioner<\/p>\n
-an<\/p>\n
“mm-..—unnn nuura nfgatgiul OF KARNATAKA HEGH COURYOF K%EA’E”AKA HEGH COLIRT OF KARNATAKA H561″! COURT OF KAHVMAKA HG’! C<\/p>\n
does not own any quarries and that he is not <\/p>\n
any royalty to the respondents. However,    _
\ndeducting royalty from his bills Without a_t1.tl1’\u00a7’1*iVtvy:vA.T1\u00a7i’ .}av\u00a7\u00a7 ”  b
\nTherefore, he has \ufb01led this writ  ::,f{E\u00a7Ie’  <\/p>\n
directing the respondents notewto de<i uei: the    *'<\/p>\n
bills and to refund the myaxtyg\ufb01ready deeaceed the<\/p>\n
bills.\n<\/p>\n
3. I11_    av. Kumm
\nArm yggilkxg\u00e9ygej\ufb01m Ann mums,
\nin w.p, 1 of on 31.10.1994
\nhas  (ilC”4.’?;IAv2 ‘}\u00a7hVf3~., rehting to payment of royalty<\/p>\n
by the c<')\u00ab11_t14"acte1's.V  <\/p>\n
  T.  these petitions are dispose\u00e9 of<\/p>\n
" ~ gl-mg  \ufb01iiowsng directions in regard to<\/p>\n
ttiyaitj\u00e9 payable for the materiai (minor mineraks)<\/p>\n
 11S{':\u20aci:.V_'<\/p>\n
"WLAere providing the materials {subjected to<\/p>\n
__5roya1ty) is the responsibility of the contractor
\n' and the Department provides the contractor with
\nspeci\ufb01ed borrow areas, for extraction of the
\nrequired construction aiate\ufb01al, the contractor<\/p>\n
.. …..  1.:-s\/Ian? ..n– m-uwmmnn an-nun v…uu:u' OF KARNATAKA HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA H1534 <\/p>\n
royalty from the bi\ufb02s of the contractor and if<\/p>\n
deducted the Department wiii be bo-".~$r1t'1"   j" <\/p>\n
\nrefund any amount so deducted or  3
\nthe contractor.    ‘  V V<\/p>\n
6) Subject to the above, co\ufb02cction   it<\/p>\n
Bepartmont or refund .thegcof ‘by_tha vDog;i\u00e93’:\u00a7.m_:;Vttt
\nwill be governed by the  of   E<\/p>\n
1) Nothing stated Vabzove constt\ufb01eci  a
\ndirection for    particular
\noontmct. _ Thom H  t V  —  Authority
\nconcerzgasc\ufb02:  Whether
\nmyaity “”13   ijfgr _if any royalty is
\naxmagg whether it should be
\n   above principles<\/p>\n
V V\u00bb   TI1″c–;–  idccisiaon has been approved by a
\n  %f ogxgiszogt of this Court in W.A. No.830\/ 2006 disposed.
\nof”-to\u00e9xi  (Between Oi\ufb01ce of the Birector of<\/p>\n
of Mines and Geoloy Vs. M. Mohammad<\/p>\n
_ .. , K L ‘A’}\u00bb1a3,;~._A=3)V,T j’<\/p>\n
5. in the light of the afonstsaid decision, the<\/p>\n
  ” p\ufb01titioner has to \ufb01le appropriate representation before the<\/p>\n
V’ competent authority not to dc\u00e9uct any royalty from his bills<\/p>\n
k<\/p>\n
and seek refund of the royaity already paid by  “‘.’.t”<\/p>\n
such representation is \ufb01led, the authorities \u00e9Q;1c:\u00e9j:n.\u00e9d  <\/p>\n
directed to consider the applicatiirgriimin” <\/p>\n
and in the light of the aforesaid agqsiogs.<\/p>\n
The Writ petition is  No costs.\n<\/p>\n
Learned AGA appearing?-r_1r   is permitted to
\n\ufb01le his memo of  eiigl\ufb01  from today.\n<\/p>\n
\n303 i~{\u00a3’-EM\u00bb-E wxawlwmuwxa gm. H<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Govindreddy S\/O Rajreddy … vs The State, By Secretary, on 26 November, 2008 Author: S.Abdul Nazeer in THE PHGH coum’ OF KARNATAK;{&”” \u00ab 5.: if _ cmcurr nmmn AT’ euLnA1;1.3.\u00a7f jg. DATED THIS THE 26TH DAY (fir 1\u00a7:jv;.~,g\u00a2;B’\u00a7;;e-.%20{)sLA\u00a7’%L’ ‘ I BEFORE ‘ u mm \ufb01orrnm am. wsfze\ufb01s\u00bb sg. mnu;[mgm wan’ P\ufb01jl\ufb02oi\ufb01 {GM-im-91 […]<\/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-204287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nGovindreddy S\/O Rajreddy ... vs The State, By Secretary, on 26 November, 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\/govindreddy-so-rajreddy-vs-the-state-by-secretary-on-26-november-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govindreddy S\/O Rajreddy ... vs The State, By Secretary, on 26 November, 2008 - 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