{"id":21205,"date":"2011-04-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-17T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/govindbhai-vs-state-on-18-april-2011"},"modified":"2018-03-03T21:26:37","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T15:56:37","slug":"govindbhai-vs-state-on-18-april-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/govindbhai-vs-state-on-18-april-2011","title":{"rendered":"Govindbhai vs State on 18 April, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Govindbhai vs State on 18 April, 2011<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mr.S.J.Mukhopadhaya,&amp;Nbsp;Mr.Justice J.B.Pardiwala,&amp;Nbsp;<\/div>\n<pre>   Gujarat High Court Case Information System \n\n  \n  \n    \n\n \n \n    \t      \n         \n\t    \n\t\t   Print\n\t\t\t\t          \n\n  \n\n\n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t \n\t\n\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/254\/2009\t 2\/ 2\tORDER \n \n \n\n\t\n\n \n\nIN\nTHE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD\n \n\n \n\n\n \n\nSPECIAL\nCIVIL APPLICATION No. 254 of 2009\n \n\nWith\n\n\n \n\nCIVIL\nAPPLICATION No. 11598 of 2010\n \n\nIn\nSPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 254 of 2009\n \n\n \n=========================================\n\n\n \n\nGOVINDBHAI\nPRAGAJIBHAI DOBARIYA, \n\n \n\nSARPANCH\n&amp; 2 - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nSTATE\nOF GUJARAT &amp; 4 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================\n \nAppearance : \nMR\nDIPAK H SINDHI for Petitioner(s) : 1 - 3. \nGOVERNMENT PLEADER for\nRespondent(s) : 1, \nNOTICE SERVED BY DS for Respondent(s) : 1 -\n5. \nMRS KALPANA K RAVAL for Respondent(s) : 3, \nMR RD RAVAL for\nRespondent(s) : 5, \n=========================================\n\n\n \n\t  \n\t \n\t  \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nCORAM\n\t\t\t: \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tTHE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nand\n\t\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\n \n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t \n\t\t\t \n\nHONOURABLE\n\t\t\tMR.JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 18\/04\/2011 \n\n \n\n \nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>(Per<br \/>\n: HONOURABLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. S.J. MUKHOPADHAYA)<\/p>\n<p>\tLearned<br \/>\ncounsel for the respondent Association submits that some other<br \/>\nOfficers of the Water Supply and Sewerage Board of the State may be<br \/>\nmade as members of the Expert Committee in place of two persons as<br \/>\nshown at serial Nos. 3 and 4 of the order dated 22.12.2010.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tLearned<br \/>\nAGP is directed to give list of one or two Geo Hydrologists of Water<br \/>\nSupply and Sewerage Board, Gujarat and one or two names of Engineers<br \/>\nnot less than the rank of Executive Engineer, who has thorough<br \/>\nknowledge of underground water and river water and is a member of<br \/>\nWater Supply and Irrigation Department of the State.\n<\/p>\n<p>\tPost<br \/>\nthe matter on 20.4.2011 on the top of the list.\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(S.J.\n<\/p>\n<p>Mukhopadhaya, C.J.)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t(J.B.\n<\/p>\n<p>Pardiwala, J.)<\/p>\n<p>*\/Mohandas\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Govindbhai vs State on 18 April, 2011 Author: Mr.S.J.Mukhopadhaya,&amp;Nbsp;Mr.Justice J.B.Pardiwala,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/254\/2009 2\/ 2 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 254 of 2009 With CIVIL APPLICATION No. 11598 of 2010 In SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 254 of 2009 ========================================= [&hellip;]<\/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":[16,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gujarat-high-court","category-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Govindbhai vs State on 18 April, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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\/govindbhai-vs-state-on-18-april-2011\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Govindbhai vs State on 18 April, 2011 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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