{"id":244354,"date":"2010-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/friends-vs-kandla-on-25-february-2010"},"modified":"2016-12-01T19:31:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T14:01:07","slug":"friends-vs-kandla-on-25-february-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/friends-vs-kandla-on-25-february-2010","title":{"rendered":"Friends vs Kandla on 25 February, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Gujarat High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Friends vs Kandla on 25 February, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Jayant Patel,&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\n\n \n\n\n\t \n\nSCA\/2362\/2008\t 5\/ 5\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. 2362 of 2008\n \n\n \n \n=========================================================\n\n\n \n\nFRIENDS\nSALTS WORKS &amp; ALLIED INDUSTRIES - Petitioner(s)\n \n\nVersus\n \n\nKANDLA\nPORT TRUST &amp; 1 - Respondent(s)\n \n\n=========================================================\nAppearance : \nMS\nSHAILI A KAPADIA for\nPetitioner(s) : 1, \nMR DHAVAL D VYAS for Respondent(s) : 1, \nMR\nYN RAVANI for Respondent(s) :\n2, \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\tMR.JUSTICE JAYANT PATEL\n\t\t\n\t\n\n \n\n \n \n\n\n \n\nDate\n: 25\/02\/2010 \n\n \n\nORAL\nORDER<\/pre>\n<p>1.\tThe<br \/>\npetitioner by this petition is seeking appropriate writ to quash and<br \/>\nset aside the decision of the respondents conveyed to the petitioner<br \/>\nthrough the mode of Caveat dated 02.02.2008 by respondent No.1, filed<br \/>\nbefore the Court of Principal Civil Judge, Gandhidham-Kutch, for<br \/>\ntaking back the land admeasuring 1010.156 acres situated at East of<br \/>\nNakti Creek, Kandla allotted by respondent No.1 on lease basis. The<br \/>\npetitioner has also prayed to issue an appropriate writ directing the<br \/>\nrespondents to renew the lease of the land admeasuring 1010.156 acres<br \/>\nallotted by respondent No.1 as per Clause   9 of indenture of lease<br \/>\ndeed executed on 07.04.1979 executed between the Kandla Port Trust<br \/>\nand erstwhile allottee. Pending the petition, the petitioner has, by<br \/>\nway of an amendment, has prayed for an additional prayer to quash and<br \/>\nset aside the communication-cum-decision dated 30th<br \/>\nJanuary, 2008 of Government of India, Ministry of Shipping, Road<br \/>\nTransport and Highways communicated to the Chairman, Kandla Port<br \/>\nTrust as being illegal, arbitrary, capricious and against the<br \/>\nprinciples of natural justice.\n<\/p>\n<p>2.\tHeard<br \/>\nMr. S.I.Nanavati, learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner and Mr.<br \/>\nDhaval Vyas for respondent No.1 and Mr. Champaneri, learned Assistant<br \/>\nSolicitor General of Government of India for respondent No.2.\n<\/p>\n<p>3.\tUpon<br \/>\nhearing the learned counsel appearing for both the sides, it appears<br \/>\nthat the basis of the present petition is the contents of the Caveat,<br \/>\ncopy whereof is served upon the petitioner, filed on behalf of the<br \/>\nKandla Port Trust, wherein there was reference to the decision of the<br \/>\nTrust as well as of the Government of India for resumption of the<br \/>\nland and non-renewal of the lease. It also appears that the<br \/>\nGovernment of India, Ministry of Shipping vide decision dated 30th<br \/>\nJanuary, 2008 communicated to the Chairman of Kandla Port Trust for<br \/>\nresumption of the land and also for observing that the decision of<br \/>\nthe Board pertaining to the lease deserves to be struck down. At the<br \/>\ninitial stage since the decision of the Government of India was not<br \/>\non record, but it has subsequently come on record and thereafter the<br \/>\npetitioner has amended the petition.\n<\/p>\n<p>4.\tIt<br \/>\nis undisputed position that before the decision was taken by<br \/>\nGovernment of India, for resumption of the land or on the aspect of<br \/>\nrenewal of the land or otherwise, the opportunity of hearing was not<br \/>\ngiven to the petitioner, who is in actual occupation of the land,<br \/>\nclaiming the status as transferee of the original lessee. The matter<br \/>\nwas heard on the last occasion and the learned Assistant Solicitor<br \/>\nGeneral was instructed to inquire as to whether in these<br \/>\ncircumstances, the Government of India would like to give the<br \/>\nopportunity of hearing to the petitioner or to maintain the present<br \/>\norder without giving any opportunity of hearing to the petitioner.<br \/>\nToday when the matter is further taken up for hearing, the learned<br \/>\nAdditional Solicitor General, under the instructions received from<br \/>\nShri Rakesh Srivastav, Joint Secretary of Government of India,<br \/>\nMinistry of Shipping, states that the Government of India has no<br \/>\nobjection for giving hearing and such hearing will be given before<br \/>\nthe Secretary of Government of India, Ministry of Shipping through<br \/>\nMohankumar. Mr. Champaneri, learned Assistant Solicitor General also<br \/>\ndeclared that let it be left to the wisdom of the Government as to<br \/>\nwhether the hearing should be given based on the communication dated<br \/>\n30th January, 2008 treating the same as show cause notice<br \/>\nor to issue a fresh show cause notice for the contemplated action. He<br \/>\nsubmitted that if some time bound direction is given, the same may<br \/>\nmeet the ends of justice, to which Mr. Nanavati for the petitioner,<br \/>\nunder the instructions of Mr. Sukhraj Singhvi, partner of the<br \/>\npetitioner      company, who is stated to be present in the Court,<br \/>\nhas no objection.\n<\/p>\n<p>5.\tIn<br \/>\nview of the aforesaid fact situation, the following directions are<br \/>\nissued:\n<\/p>\n<p>(1)\tThe<br \/>\nGovernment of India, Ministry of Shipping, shall communicate to the<br \/>\npetitioner within three weeks from today for fixing the date of<br \/>\nhearing. However, in the said communication it will be open to the<br \/>\nGovernment of India to treat the communication dated 30th<br \/>\nJanuary, 2008 as the show cause notice or to issue a fresh show cause<br \/>\nnotice by stating grounds on the basis of which the action, for<br \/>\nresumption of land or on the other aspects of the renewal, is to be<br \/>\ntaken.\n<\/p>\n<p>(2)\tAfter<br \/>\nthe receipt of the said communication, the petitioner shall file an<br \/>\nappropriate reply within a period of four weeks from the date of<br \/>\ncommunication thereof.\n<\/p>\n<p>(3)\tThe<br \/>\nopportunity of hearing shall also be given to the petitioner within a<br \/>\nperiod of four weeks thereafter and the petitioner shall co-operate<br \/>\nthe hearing before the Government of India.\n<\/p>\n<p>(4)\tThe<br \/>\nappropriate decision shall be taken and the same shall be<br \/>\ncommunicated to the petitioner by Regd. A.D.Post within a period of<br \/>\nfour weeks from the date of conclusion of the hearing. Until the<br \/>\ndecision is communicated to the petitioner by Regd. A.D.Post, the<br \/>\nstatus quo as prevailing on today qua construction, title and<br \/>\npossession of the land in question shall be maintained save and<br \/>\nexcept day to day routine manufacturing and other business activities<br \/>\nof the petitioner company.\n<\/p>\n<p>6.\tIn<br \/>\nview of the aforesaid directions, the cause of the petitioner writ<br \/>\nwould not survive.\n<\/p>\n<p>7.\tThe<br \/>\npetition is disposed of accordingly.\n<\/p>\n<p>[JAYANT<br \/>\nPATEL, J.]<\/p>\n<p>jani<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t   Top<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gujarat High Court Friends vs Kandla on 25 February, 2010 Author: Jayant Patel,&amp;Nbsp; Gujarat High Court Case Information System Print SCA\/2362\/2008 5\/ 5 ORDER IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION No. 2362 of 2008 ========================================================= FRIENDS SALTS WORKS &amp; ALLIED INDUSTRIES &#8211; Petitioner(s) Versus KANDLA PORT TRUST &amp; 1 &#8211; [&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-244354","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 v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friends vs Kandla on 25 February, 2010 - 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\/friends-vs-kandla-on-25-february-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friends vs Kandla on 25 February, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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