{"id":251973,"date":"2009-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-pratap-kodibarao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-10-june-2009"},"modified":"2015-03-02T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T09:46:00","slug":"sri-pratap-kodibarao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-10-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/sri-pratap-kodibarao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-10-june-2009","title":{"rendered":"Sri.Pratap Kodibarao vs The State Of Karnataka on 10 June, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
Sri.Pratap Kodibarao vs The State Of Karnataka on 10 June, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n
1\n\nIN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALQR.iV\u00a7V.__t'~i.V\n\nDATED THIS THE 10\"' DAY OF JUNE zoos: *- \n\nPRESENT _o-_\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. 9.0. DINAKARAM, c;:'i-'iI\u00e9si=\u00ab'J.o$T1CE[ii.i,o.i \n\nAND 7' V\nTHE HON'BLE MR.Jj1usTIcE\ufb02V-.\u00bbt<3.~sAi3HAi{TT \n\nWRIT FLEIITION No.1'4b9i3--.gt%.;;4_1;(;9;{iGiM-MM-s)\n\nBetween:\n\nSri Pratap KOdiba_."30'   _ V  \nContractor, Age: 3'32 y'e_ars"'---- . "  _  V.\nR\/0 KiragunaVwa.di"'i*a|"uk1;:Au.'ad V  "\nDist. Bidar     \n\nV _ ' ' ...PetItIoner\nX _ (By  Kriashampur, Advocate)\n          \n1  V State"  E\u00a7ia'r:r1a.taka\nR\u20acpr'e_sen"ted._by'..Its'Secretary\n\nDepartmentoff Mines and Geoiogy\nM.S. ":3uiic1vi'ngv \n\n 'VE\u00a7angaio.re  560 001\n\n  :fT\u00bbhe 'tExec:titive Engineer\n\n      Bidar\n\n' _P';2i'3':i.c_?ii'i!orks Ports and Inland\n Water Transport Division Bidar\n\n\n\n\n\n3. The Executive Engineer\nPanchayat Raj Engineering\nDivision, Bidar\n\n...,Responi_dentsi' \n\n(by Sri Basavaraj Kareddy, GA  'a..nd_R~2).cl.:_"  \n\nThis writ petition is filed under. Articles  ancl_';Z27 of"\n\nConstitution of India praying to dire'c--t._theArespondentjs\u00bb..,itiot_\u00bbto<\/pre>\n
deduct royaity from the bills of the petitioner”and’~in’ot to insist
\nthe petitioner to produce the roya_l_t_y”~,paid receipts by their<\/p>\n
vendors and direct the respondents to refiind”i’t]’ie roya’l’ty”already
\ndeducted from the bills of the petit.ione;\ufb01.’ ; ” ‘ ‘T ‘<\/p>\n
This writ petition” comirig”‘upf  hearing this
\nday, the Court deliver’e’d.,,ti1e f=ollQw.ii’ig:~e   <\/p>\n
 it ‘(VD’elive  oi\ufb01a i<"a'ran, c.:i .)
\nThe petitioner  registered civil contractor
\ncarrying on civilv'cw~ori<s.  the Government Department and Local
\nBodies. V-'It*is;,_A–i::oii.tended'that for the purpose of execution of civil<\/p>\n
works,\u00bb tritegypvetitiorieris required to purchase building materials<\/p>\n
'VV..___.from private Vsoiijrclesli it is further contended that the petitioner<\/p>\n
 not any quarry and that he is not liable to pay any<\/p>\n
roii':a\u00bb!ty'llto' the respondents. However, the respondents are<\/p>\n
 royalty from the bills of the petitioner without<\/p>\n
 _ authority of law. Hence, this writ petition praying not to deduct<\/p>\n
3<\/span><\/p>\n
the royalty from the bills of the petitioner in respect<\/p>\n
materials procured by them from private sources for  .<\/p>\n
the civil contract works.   _<\/p>\n
2. In similar matters, this ,.CourtV4’i\u00bbn   <\/p>\n
OTHERS v. STATE or KARNATAI(l\u00bb\u00a7”*iAN$ ‘0.THE’R\u00a7”:,:iun”Writ<\/p>\n
Petitions No. 3138461266 or’ ‘1,994.w*d’i’spos;eVd”of on’31*”‘t ‘October,<\/p>\n
1994 has laid down the principlleshi’rve:laVtin.g””i–to.Viii2\u00bbe payment of<\/p>\n
royalty by the contr,act’ors:–. The sense a,revi’e~x,tVra”tfted hereunder:<\/p>\n
(a) Where-\u00bbpro.vidingRthehirnateriail (subjected to royalty)
\nthe–.respo’tisibili’ty::”of contractor and the
\nl\ufb01epartmevnlt’.Vp.rovides__.the Contractor with speci\ufb01ed
\nborrovvi. areas;’V.,V’for”\u00ab-._ extraction of the required<\/p>\n
 .construction’material, the contractor will be liable
\n  pay royal_ty___charges for the material (minor
\nr}..ine_)}a\u00ab.g_ extracted from such areas, irrespective of<\/p>\n
 = vv:’a,ethVer:the contract is a item rate contract or a
\nA lunit\ufb01silni contract. Hence deduction of royalty
\ncharges in such cases will be legal. For this purpose<\/p>\n
a n__on–execution of mining lease is not relevant, as
\nthe liability to pay royalty arises on account of the
\ncontractor extracting material from a Government<\/p>\n
land, for use in the work. f,…..:.\ufb02\\<\/p>\n
(b)<\/p>\n
(C)<\/p>\n
4<\/span><\/p>\n
Where under the contract the responsibility to<\/p>\n
supply the material (minor minerals) is that of then  it<\/p>\n
Department\/employer and the<\/p>\n
required to provide only the labour and service—- for  ‘7’<\/p>\n
execution of any work involving use_.~ol’.. .<\/p>\n
material, and the unit rate does not injclucle. t’he_
\ncost of material, there is no; liability  they
\ncontractor to pay any royalty. Th_ls” will :b’ej_the<\/p>\n
position even if the contrac’tor is “‘rec;uiri:d ‘to <\/p>\n
transport the material from—-ou”tside.._the vvorktsitt\u00e9,
\nso long as the unit rate _is’onl;yrfor\u00bb.labo’ur or service
\nand does not include the _cc?$’t’Vo’li’ material. _ <\/p>\n
Where the c;oritrac”tor\u20acuses”mat’el’ial…iJurchased in
\nopen i’rnarjl<eci,"'5'.that-sis 'rn_at_erial purchased from<\/p>\n
private sources'i'iike'~iquarry lease holders or private<\/p>\n
quarry yow'.n_e&-.=.;. the_re\u00bb"is no liability on the<\/p>\n
_contra'c.tor to p.ay3any…royalty charges.<\/p>\n
cases Axc"ov~——recl by paras (b) and (c) the<\/p>\n
  Depal'trnent cannot recover or deduct any royalty<\/p>\n
\u00ab1frorn_ti".et' -bills of the contractor and if so deducted,
\nVi the.'D'epartment will be bound to refund any<\/p>\n
 zainount so deducted or collected to the contractor.<\/p>\n
 Subject to the above, collection of royalty by the
\n' Department or refund thereof by the Department<\/p>\n
will be governed by the terms of contract.\n<\/p>\n
…… “”\n<\/p>\n
K” \/'”?*<-.\n<\/p>\n
contractor_\u00a2.._is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court Sri.Pratap Kodibarao vs The State Of Karnataka on 10 June, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALQR.iV\u00a7V.__t’~i.V DATED THIS THE 10″‘ DAY OF JUNE zoos: *- PRESENT _o-_ THE HON’BLE MR. 9.0. DINAKARAM, c;:’i-‘iI\u00e9si=\u00ab’J.o$T1CE[ii.i,o.i AND 7’ V THE HON’BLE MR.Jj1usTIcE\ufb02V-.\u00bbt<3.~sAi3HAi{TT WRIT FLEIITION No.1'4b9i3–.gt%.;;4_1;(;9;{iGiM-MM-s) Between: Sri […]<\/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-251973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-karnataka-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nSri.Pratap Kodibarao vs The State Of Karnataka on 10 June, 2009 - 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\/sri-pratap-kodibarao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-10-june-2009\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sri.Pratap Kodibarao vs The State Of Karnataka on 10 June, 2009 - 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