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Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
P. Raghupathi S\/O Krishnam Raju vs The State Of Karnataka on 19 November, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n
nix\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE .\nDMED THIS THE 19m my oz= NOVEMBER, 2009 \n\nPRESENT __ ' I' 'V\nTHE HON'BLE MR. 9.9. DINAKARAN, CHIEF  1\n\nAm\u00bb          \n\nTHE HoH'B:..E MR.JUSTI(;\u00a3_V.GT'SAEl-TA!~liT\"_  \" \" \" K\n\nwgIT PETITIQN\u00a7 NQ,\u00a7\u00a714g-\u00a73is\u00e9g'r zgxog  3 \n\nBetween: _.      \n\n1. P. Raghupathi,   .\n\nS\/0 Krishnam Raju,   '\n\nAged about 48 yea:\"$_..  _   _   \nClass I FWD Contra?_c:tor;r    * _  \nResiding at No. 3:85}  \" H . V   .\n15* Floor, Chamber 1-:f_21_.V, \u00e9 \n\nArya Ediga SaTngha'..Bui'Id;\u00a7,ng,  \"  ' \"\nSheshacirip\u00a7.3ram,'~ 7'; ' \n\nBangalore ~--1._56GO2O'.'   9 \n\n2. S. Srinivas, L T\nS\/o Y. Sanjeevar\"aju,* V _\nAged abe;L\u00a3t\"3E9 years\ufb01 \" '\n,\u00ab-avgesiclinget N0. 367,  ..... \n36*\" Main\"\"P.oa'd; ?_\"\"H~.\u00abCross,\nNagendrae B--!Qt:'k.,'x_  .,\nBar*:ga*.<_3s'e;  "  \n*  '   ...PetitEoners\n.~ .(__By Sri Raghunath. C.M. Advocate)\n\n \n\nVV    Stafe_\u00abof Kamataka\n\n __Rep'.z_b'y its Secretary\n .._D"epa::tment of PWD & Minor Irrigaton\n_.\\iid\u00bbhana Soudha, Bangalore.\n\n \n\n\n\n2. The Commissioner,\nB.B.M.P. Bangaiore.\n\n3. The Chief Engineer,\nKIADB, Nrupathunga Road,\nBangaiore.\n\n4. The Commissioner,\nBDA, Kumara Park West,\nBangaiore.   ._\n\n5. The Chief Engineer,\nCPWD, Koramangaia,\nBangaiore.\nit '"  Q ; Ftesppndents\n(By Sri R.G. Ko,_iie A..e.\/3.,.Afbr..,_R{i*}., it\nThese writ petition$o~i%fiiedVV_ur'icIer  227 of the\nConstitution of India praying toiclirectjthe=respond.en'ts not to deduct\n\nany royaity from the w'ori'<g.t;.iiis of the--vpet'itiorie:--'s._@Iid to adhere to the\nnotification dt.28.05.;9.94?;fyi_de~vAn_nx:.A i.ssued by the R1\/State; and\n\netc.\n\nThese writ,p'e.titionsVcomiVn9..iuip.,fc,r preiiminary hearing this day,\nthe Court deiivered. the foiiowin'g:.-  '\n\naa;upGMENT\nE"".i:i'(r\u00a7ie":\u00abi.yered  P.D. Dinakaran, C.3.)\n\n these petitions are the registered civil\n\n'V.eoritractorsr-.earryingnen civil works of the Government Department and\n\n" -Loj,cai__VBodies. "Isis contended that for the purpose of execution of civii\n\n inior-ks,--"_the petitioners are required to purchased buiiding materiais\n\n' fro-mV"the',%private sources. It is further conteryggthat the petitioners\n\n \n\n\n\ndo not own any quarries and that they are not liable to pay any royalty\n\nto the respondents. However, the respondents are deducting,royaity<\/pre>\n
from the bills of the petitioners without authority of law.  <\/p>\n
petition praying not to deduct the royaity from ._ti*.e”i<\/p>\n
petitioners in respect of the materials procured  tyh’em~:fr’o_rn–.pryiya’te <\/p>\n
sources for execution of the civil contract_works., <\/p>\n
2. In similar matters, this  in (~via.’\\i’.’u.vV:i(tJM’iiiR AND
\nOTHERS v. STATE OF xARNAt.Ar:A  in \\.i\\i’Aritvv Petitions
\nNO. 31264–31266 of 1994′ disposed,:l’_Cf 1994 has iaid
\ndown the principles :_”rei’ati.ng.:t_o   royalty by the<\/p>\n
contractors. The seine  vsh’ere.und*err’:’ V<\/p>\n
(a) Where proyidr’ng”‘the’\u00ab\ufb01ateriai j (subjected to royalty) is
\nth\u00e9–lrespons’.ihiiity:i’thecontractor and the Department
\nprovides the contrayctorlliwith speci\ufb01ed borrow areas, for<\/p>\n
;’ extraction aof the reqtiired.construction material, the<\/p>\n
A “”ico;ntrac_tor wiiiiseiiabie to pay royaity charges for the
\n materi’aiA.”{minor minerai) extracted from such areas,
\nVVirre’spe’ctiirev”_1of whether the contract is a item rate
\nVcontraijt or}-Va lump sum contract. Hence deduction of
\n royaityicharges in such cases wiii be iegai. For this
\npurpose non–execution of mining iease is not reievant,<\/p>\n
it  aslthe iiabiiity to pay royalty arises on account of the
\n..’contractor extracting materiai from a Government iand,<\/p>\n
.;\n<\/p>\n
for use in the work.\n<\/p>\n
(D)<\/p>\n
(C)<\/p>\n
(0′)<\/p>\n
4<\/span><\/p>\n
Where under the contract the responsibility to supply<\/p>\n
the material (minor minerals) is that<\/p>\n
work involving use of such material, and the uriit”rate.V:”
\ndoes not include the cost of materialythere lsfno  ‘ V
\non the contractor to pay any royalty. :7;fijS “will-i’be.__’theV
\nposition even if the contractor is r\u00b0equ:ired( to tttrainsporf  <\/p>\n
the material from outside the -work sitehfso longges the<\/p>\n
unit rate is only for iabour”ior.V”service ‘and–._do_es”—-noVt”‘ it<\/p>\n
include the cost of material.\n<\/p>\n
Where the contractonuses in_at’er;’al”‘pui-chased in open
\nmarket, that is materialpurcrlvased from pfrivatte sources
\nlike quarry. .'<-'ase .holc3lers_, or\ufb02private quarry': owners, there
\nis no __liebility5jo:'7 the co_ntractor to pay any royalty<\/p>\n
In cases VVco–ize.redVby'\u00abpa'r'as {b} and (c) the Department
\ncannot'-recovers 'or_de.du'ct_ any royalty from the bills of
\nthe contractor and if.so= deducted, the Department will<\/p>\n
; be bound to refund any amount so deducted or collected<\/p>\n
V D  to the ..contra'ctor.——–\u00ab ~ '<\/p>\n
 for refund in regard to any particular contract.<\/p>\n
'  ..to"the above, collection of royalty by the
\n*  Department or refund thereof by the Department wiil be<\/p>\n
governed by the terms of contract.\n<\/p>\n
Nothing stated above shall be construed as a direction<\/p>\n
The<\/p>\n
A Department or authority concerned shall decide in each<\/p>\n
case, whether royalty is to be deducted or if any royalty<\/p>\n
is already deducted, whether it should be refunded,
\nff”\n<\/p>\n
of the
\nDepartment\/employer and the contractor IS required to, *
\nprovide only the labour and service for execution qrany; __  . if<\/p>\n
S<\/p>\n
keeping in view the above principles and terms of the<\/p>\n
contract. ”\n<\/p>\n
3. The said decision has been upheld by the Divis\u00abio.’4rj_A\u00bb
\nof this Court in the case of OFFICE OF THE  H<\/p>\n
DEPARTMENT or MINES AND GEoLo:3\u00a7” A_|’-ll. MoH;mMEo’l”~wp<\/p>\n
HAJEE in Writ Appeal No. 830 of 2006 disposed ofloln <\/p>\n
2006.\n<\/p>\n
4. Following the judgnfient  rendered in Writ
\nAppeal No.830 of 2006 disposed of ‘Vonl’,”\ufb01lSi’:” Sevpfehoiber, 2006 these<\/p>\n
petitions are also dispovsed, No order as xto’.jg:os.ts’}j’ V<\/p>\n
           sax.\n<\/p>\n
_ Chiei Iustice<\/p>\n
 iiiii  JUDGE<\/p>\n
Index::dY.esvd\/ No * h<\/p>\n
  inn <\/p>\n
Web HoE3t_; Yes\/ No <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court P. Raghupathi S\/O Krishnam Raju vs The State Of Karnataka on 19 November, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit nix IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE . DMED THIS THE 19m my oz= NOVEMBER, 2009 PRESENT __ ‘ I’ ‘V THE HON’BLE MR. 9.9. DINAKARAN, CHIEF 1 Am\u00bb THE HoH’B:..E MR.JUSTI(;\u00a3_V.GT’SAEl-TA!~liT”_ […]<\/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-226390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nP. 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