{"id":244637,"date":"2010-11-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-jayalakshmi-vs-ms-hindustan-petroleum-on-25-november-2010"},"modified":"2015-09-11T03:52:55","modified_gmt":"2015-09-10T22:22:55","slug":"smt-jayalakshmi-vs-ms-hindustan-petroleum-on-25-november-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/smt-jayalakshmi-vs-ms-hindustan-petroleum-on-25-november-2010","title":{"rendered":"Smt. Jayalakshmi vs M\/S. Hindustan Petroleum &#8230; on 25 November, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Smt. Jayalakshmi vs M\/S. Hindustan Petroleum &#8230; on 25 November, 2010<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 25\"? DAY or NOVEMBER 2o14o_7-._7,_\n\nBEFORE :\n\nTHE I-\u00a5ON'BLE MR.Jl5STICE MOI-IAN sHANTA.n..At;opoAR A\n\nwan PETITIQN N9. 1g2\u00a7\u00a71:\u00a7.;g1g\"\"g'\u00ab\u00a7vM~\u00a2Re\u00a7-- 1\"   \n\nBwn:\n\nSmt. Jayalakshmi\n\nW\/o S.G. Gangadaraiah \n\nAged about 36 years A\n\nProprietor  '  ;\n\nM\/s. B.R.S. Service_Centre,._ '\n\nNo.1, KIADB Mai'n.Road I '    \n\nNear Rajagopal_Vl'slag_a'ar' _BLis'--St?oo _'   \n\nPeenya 2\"\"      \nBangalore--560-.Q5.8.;j_ ' '   ',   \"Petitioner\n\n(By Sri A; MadAni.i?:i:d.\u00a7i:ana--lltao, Ad_=.z;)\n\nAnd :\n\n1. M\/s.. rirlinduetain Pe'tro'l'eurn\n\n Corporation Ltd'*.~,.__ _\n A C?.ov'ernrnent of India\n ' ;E'i*.terpVrise,\u00ab_fiavIng its office\nA At. Pet.rol_euma._Hfouse\n'No-...17, Eamsiaedji Tata Road\nlVli_imba\u00e9~:4Oi)'(020\nRep by its Managing Director.\n\n nT.h_e Cihief Regional Manager (Retail)\n\n Hindustan Petroleum Corporation\n *d~;, Bengaluru Regional Office (Retail)\n\n'(No.7, Old Madras Road\n__.Dooravaninagar Post\n\n\n\nf\\J\n\nKrishnarajapura\nBengaiuru--560 016. ..Respond'e_nts\n\n(By Sri M.S. Narayan, Adv.,)\n\nThis Writ Petition is filed under Armies.' 22.6 '&amp;_2V2'7T:of'-;\nthe Constitution of India praying to',quash,=th'e. iett-er\"'d'a_ter\u00a3V..\n7.6.2010 found at Annexure--G and f'u__rtner issue 'a. wr'.-t'~of'r_\nmandamus directing respondent. No.2 to supp'-iyv_ stock <\/pre>\n<p>immediateiy and permit the pegtit-ioner to &#8216;v.r_a&#8217;rry&#8217;;on the<br \/>\nbusiness aliow this writ petition wit_h&#8217;-costs. &#8216; <\/p>\n<p>This Writ Petition oo&#8217;rn:.i&#8217;:1_g&#8217;tongfor&#8217;*-p&#8217;i&#8221;e.i&#8217;i&#8217;m\u00bbinary hearing in<br \/>\n&#8216;B&#8217; group this day, the Court made~iih&#8217;e foiii-owing :<\/p>\n<p>Petitioner&#8217;   My\/Ass.-\u00a73.R.S3.Service Centre.<br \/>\nThe 15&#8242; rehspovrideint hasap&#8217;po&#8217;_inted.Wthe petitioner as its dealer<br \/>\nby entering into an._a&#8217;g&#8217;._reern.ejiit dated 29.10.2004 for carrying<\/p>\n<p>on the tz-usinesus of v.e.ndi&#8217;ngVdiesei, petrol, petroieum products<\/p>\n<p> and othteri.,&#8217;pro&#8217;d.0&lt;:ts.&#039;The inspection of the Petrol Bunk which<\/p>\n<p> the petitioner was conducted by the<\/p>\n<p> respondent~&#039;:io..ri&#039;V; 28.4.2010 and found the foliowing<\/p>\n<p>&quot; i;f~._irreg uiari&quot;ties:\n<\/p>\n<p> &#8221; &#8212; Hydreometers and thermometers were<\/p>\n<p>not available at the outiet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\/~25<\/p>\n<p>Density record not updated since 25&#8243;&#8216; April<br \/>\n2010 consequently reference density was not  <\/p>\n<p>available.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Previous inspector reports we.re..y_4_:&#8221;&#8216;ir]otl.::&#8217; ._<\/p>\n<p>avai\u00e9able\/produced.\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Power product was beir&#8217;ig.___over4cvh&#8217;argedVatithel<br \/>\ntime of inspector. Corre~ct&#8221;R.SP wasV&#8217;Rs._&#8221;f3Sf9:1VV<br \/>\nbut the dealer ,&#8211;was bi~ll&#8211;in&#8217;g-. &#8220;@._56.2&#8242;:i.=..even<br \/>\nthough specific?.iinstruct&#8217;ion&#8217;s.fgwere given<br \/>\nregard correct RS.._P..,&#8217;:&#8217;_ &#8216;V i &#8216; i &#8216;V V<br \/>\nIn addi.ti.o&#8211;n&#8221;  j_certxai&#8217;n&#8221; aspects of non~<br \/>\nperforman__ce_   were also brought to<br \/>\nthe notice of the.&#8217;d.\u00e9al\u00a7r.;\u00a7:~i.representative viz., Manjunath.<\/p>\n<p>The aforem&#8217;entiloVned_iagct-\u00e9iiliarel clear from the document at<\/p>\n<p>_.yAnnexL}ire&#8211;sr&#8217;.F&#8217;. However; the petitioner did not make efforts<\/p>\n<p>iyto explain :any&#8221;&#8216;&#8211;of the irregularities that were observed and<\/p>\n<p>re&#8217;cor&#8217;c1ed &#8220;&#8216;as&#8221;_&#8217;v_menti&#8217;oned above. Consequently, the impugned<\/p>\n<p>-order&#8221;as v&#8217;per*2\\nnexure~&#8217;G&#8217; came to be passed on 7&#8243;&#8216; June<\/p>\n<p> penalty of ?&#8221;50,000\/~&#8211; on the petitioner. It is<\/p>\n<p>.:jj_fu&#8221;ivtVh&#8217;er:made clear in the impugned order that the outlet will<\/p>\n<p>i &#8216;il\ufb02rerhain suspended till the payment of penalty is paid and<\/p>\n<p>WP<\/p>\n<p>submission of action plan duly endorsed by Executive Sales<\/p>\n<p>Officer, Bangalore Regional office.\n<\/p>\n<p>The writ petition is opposed by the respondent  &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>statement of objections.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. Sri Madhusudana Rao,l&#8217;IVe-arned&#8221;counsela.a&#8217;ppe:aring; on <\/p>\n<p>behalf of the petitioner though  on  aspects of<br \/>\nthe mater, ultimately conc.l_udedigthgatVf&#8217;.th.erlpetigtioher yvill make<br \/>\npayment of the penalty  respondent<br \/>\nand conseque.n.tl3y, V&#8217;bei:directed to permit<br \/>\nthe  dealership. The said<br \/>\nsubmission i-so,pfpos~eid&#8217;byl_\u00e9$ri__.M.~S.Narayan, learned counsel<\/p>\n<p>appearing on iibvehalffhyof. respondent, who inter alia<\/p>\n<p>,..,.conte,n_d&#8217;edi*.that thegipetitioner cannot be shown any mercy,<\/p>\n<p> a,s,_:s-he has sold the petroleum products at the<\/p>\n<p>hfi&#8217;g~h:er_ra&#8217;tes&#8221;_v.t_ha,n&#8221;\ufb01prescribed and certain other irregularities<\/p>\n<p>-are  the working of the petitioner.\n<\/p>\n<p>  The records prima facie reveal that the petitioner is<\/p>\n<p>V.&#8217;&#8211;..&#8217;::at_ffau|t. She has committed certain irregularities as<\/p>\n<p>M<\/p>\n<p>mentioned in Annexure~&#8217;F&#8217;. The petitioner&#8217;s representative<\/p>\n<p>was present during the joint meeting and after discussions_,<\/p>\n<p>the record of discussions was prepared as per <\/p>\n<p>which contains the irregularities committed bythe&#8217;ipeti&#8217;tioner,_:if  <\/p>\n<p>Annexure&#8211;&#8216;F&#8217; is signed by the petit4ion_erfs&#8217; re,presenta:ti_ve:,i<\/p>\n<p>Thus, it is clear that the peti_t&#8217;io_VnerV&#8221;virtuallyTadmyiyts _:\u00a7the <\/p>\n<p>irregularities\/illegalities.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. Be that as it may,&#8217; as Petitioner is<br \/>\nready to pay  If the<br \/>\npayment of  petitioner and if<br \/>\nshe  pjljaln\ufb02dulyhendforsed by the Executive<br \/>\nSales  \u00abpf  office, the suspension<\/p>\n<p>impose_d._by the,_:&#8217;respon&#8217;den&#8217;ttCompany shall be revoked as<\/p>\n<p>I-itsVs&#8217;uggefst:ed.j-in &#8216;A.nne&gt;tur&#8221;&#8221;=G and as per rules\/regulations of the<\/p>\n<p>resppinlden&#8217;t:corfipa_ny. Accordingly, the following order is<\/p>\n<p>mad&#8217;e._:V<\/p>\n<p> &#8221; vs\ufb01etivtioner shall pay the penalty of ?SE),E)O0\/&#8211; imposed<\/p>\n<p>.I_j,on2Vhe&#8217;r&#8217;ivvithin four weeks from this day. She may also submit<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;w&#8221;a&#8217;c&#8217;tion plan duly endorsed by the Executive Sales Officer of<\/p>\n<p>La<\/p>\n<p>Bangaiore Regional Office. Thereafter, she may approach the<\/p>\n<p>respondent Corporation for lifting the suspension. The-.sa.i.Vd<\/p>\n<p>prayer of the petitioner shall be considered?'&#8221;bf-~&#8211;::the_j_&#8217;_<\/p>\n<p>respondent as per Annexure&#8211;G dated\u00bb 7.6..2&#8217;G*1.Qj\u00bb.a&#8217;nf3   <\/p>\n<p>Byelaws\/Ruies\/Reguiations of the :Compa%iy&#8221;aa..as.&#8221;ea&#8217;riyt,__<\/p>\n<p>possibie, but not later than the V-5u&#8217;t.er linnit of fou.r&#8221;v.&#8217;zg~.g&#8217;};Vs fiforn <\/p>\n<p>the date of compliance.\n<\/p>\n<p>Writ petition is disposed of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court Smt. Jayalakshmi vs M\/S. Hindustan Petroleum &#8230; on 25 November, 2010 Author: Mohan Shantanagoudar IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 25&#8243;? DAY or NOVEMBER 2o14o_7-._7,_ BEFORE : THE I-\u00a5ON&#8217;BLE MR.Jl5STICE MOI-IAN sHANTA.n..At;opoAR A wan PETITIQN N9. 1g2\u00a7\u00a71:\u00a7.;g1g&#8221;&#8221;g&#8217;\u00ab\u00a7vM~\u00a2Re\u00a7&#8211; 1&#8243; Bwn: Smt. Jayalakshmi W\/o S.G. 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