{"id":33667,"date":"2009-07-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-07T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-m-v-prasada-rao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-8-july-2009"},"modified":"2019-03-04T01:40:59","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T20:10:59","slug":"k-m-v-prasada-rao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-8-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/k-m-v-prasada-rao-vs-the-state-of-karnataka-on-8-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"K M V Prasada Rao vs The State Of Karnataka on 8 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n
K M V Prasada Rao vs The State Of Karnataka on 8 July, 2009<\/div>\n
Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n
IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATAKA AT BANGALOREET\n\nDATED THIS THE sth DAY OF JULY 2009  E   E\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. inn. n1NAKARAqN;\"cHIH1?    \n\nAND\nTHE HOIEPBLE   \nWRIT PETITION NO. ;_.19o42;45Vj2o09A (GMQMM-SV}'\u00a7\n\nBETWEEN:\n\n1. K.M.V. Parasada Rat) _ V'\n8\/ 0. Seetharama;'ai1j.. ._\nAged about 53'ye'ars;'j  ' 4' _ '- _V\nPWD Class E C0nt'_r'aetbr','w.. ,  \n\nR\/o 8--3--E?6\"1M'\/VA;..:V5\u00bb_ 4' _\nSreenaga1*__Co_Eony,'*,~~.._\u00bb    ' -\nHyderabad: 73. . V    ..Petitioner\n\n{By S_ri Nagaraja  Advocates.)\n\n\n\nI .\".TheVState..of'Ka1f\ufb01a.taka\nRepreser1t,eVL\u00a3._\u00abby its Secretary,\nDepartment o\"f--Ct;mmerce and\n\nv Industries, V M.  Building,\n\n--Bangal\"'ore\"-7 560 001.\n\n Stgpefihtendent Engineer,\n'  Department of K.H.S.D.R.P\n\n__ e(_Kat'riai:a.ka Heakth System Deveiopment\n and Reforms Project),\n\n =1-at Floor, PHI Buiiding,\n\n n u\"*Sheshadri Raod, Bangalore.\n\n \n\n\n\n3. The Managing Director,\nDepartment of B.M.T.C.,\nShanthinagar,\nBangalore - 27.\n\n4. The Managing Director,\nDepartment of K.S.R.T.C.,\nShanthinagar,\n\nBangalore - 27.\n\n5. The Executive Engineer,\nDepartment of P.W.D.,\nAnnexure Building,\nKR. Circle, Bangalore.\n\n6. The Commissioner, - _ V _ _\nDepartment of Karnataka Ij{6u'sing \" \n\nBoard'  ii  ,-' \nCauvery Bhavalfhx.   . .  _a   V\nBangaiore.    g    B-_...\u00bbRESPONDENTS\n\n(By Sri Basaiiraraj \n\nThese write.peititio'ns\"are,. iiieid imder Articles 226 and 227 of\nthe Constitution of. India jpra-yihg to direct the respondents not to\ndeduct any royalty fro.r_nthe petitioner running work bills.\n\n_   petitions coming up for preliminary hearing this\nday; the aCogurt_rna'de' the following: -\n\nORDER\n<\/pre>\n
” ‘, ii”r.;(I\u00a7eiivered by PD. Dinakaran, C.J.)<\/p>\n
 i..f_’~’iihieapetitioner in these petitions is a registered civil<\/p>\n
 ‘4Bff..con\u00abtractoricarrying on civil works of the Government Department<\/p>\n
Aahdigwtocal Bodies. It is contended that for the purpose of<\/p>\n
execution of civil works, the petitioner is required to purchase<\/p>\n
building materials from the private sources. It is<\/p>\n
contended that the petitioner does not own any quarry  ‘<\/p>\n
he is not liable to pay any royalty to the _respondentsi.”‘iifioiisieyeyr, it<\/p>\n
the respondents are deducting royalty:”:.froin~”the=.p’iils of?\/”thT\u00e9:i1~i_:<\/p>\n
petitioner without authority of law’.’i__v’Hence,’v~these <\/p>\n
praying not to deduct the royalty frorniijtvhehilis or”-the petitioner
\nin respect of the materials pVrocured–. by;,’ijin’*i.Vfropn1.,,private sources<\/p>\n
for execution of the civil contract\u00bb viiori<'s.,j__ ' '<\/p>\n
2. in   e.v. KUMAR AND
\nOTHERS v.:ir’isrA’rEVfvo\u00e9-:KA,i\u00a7ii_i\u00a7\u00b0rAkA AND OTHERS in Writ
\nPetitions No.   disposed of on 315* October,
\n199%} hays’-i.E.a’i:dpi’down’ “t’hie,____pri\u00bbnciples relating to the payment of<\/p>\n
roy.a_|ty;b”,’.,the_vcontractors. The same are extracted hereunder:<\/p>\n
(la)?   providing the material (subjected to
\n royalty) is the responsibility of the<\/p>\n
L V ceatractor and the Department provides
\n  ‘the contractor with speci\ufb01ed borrow areas,
\n‘ for extraction of the required construction<\/p>\n
material, the contractor will be liable to
\n,,,,.i% N<\/p>\n
E is E
\n,.- iv *9<\/p>\n
pay royalty charges for the material’<\/p>\n
(minor mineral) extracted from <\/p>\n
areas, irrespective of whether the contract<\/p>\n
is a item rate contract or a lump_–sumi:~.,>”*~’<\/p>\n
contract. Hence deduction oi:’A4′:foyalty*  ”<\/p>\n
charges in such cases will be legai-._iF’or  – .<\/p>\n
purpose non-execution” of mining lease’   v .<\/p>\n
not relevant, as the liabilitynto payroyaity<\/p>\n
arises on account  ti?-e\u00e9 Vcontractobr <\/p>\n
extracting material from,  Government<\/p>\n
land, for use in the’worl<.V '-\n<\/p>\n
(b) Where underithe contract the; responsibility<\/p>\n
to supply..t;7_e material  minerals) is<\/p>\n
 of  ‘:\u00a3?epa’rtnFient,’employer and the
\ncontractor  to provide only the
\n_l_abour~ arid_;s’.ervice””‘ll’or execution of any
\nwc__)’r’l<_invofv'in9.._use of such material, and
\nthe,.unit_Vrate does not include the cost of
\n imiateiziaii.Viktheres is no liability on the
\nit  con.tr':aictor to pay any royalty. This will be
\n the "position even if the contractor is
\nH required to transport the material from
\n outside the work site, so long as the unit
\nrate is only for labour or service and does<\/p>\n
not include the cost of material. _'<\/p>\n
Wpgwwm ,,  <\/p>\n
(c) Where the contractor uses material<\/p>\n
purchased in open marked, that is,\u00bb–b’<\/p>\n
material purchased from private sources,”<\/p>\n
like quarry lease holders or private  <\/p>\n
owners, there is no liability:.,.q’n Ethel<\/p>\n
contractor to pay any royalty charges.<\/p>\n
(d) In cases covered by paras””elb) andV'(c)”‘lth’e <\/p>\n
Department cannot recover. for deductbanyv <\/p>\n
royalty from the bills of-.the’coriti’acto,r and
\nif so deducted, the Depai\u00a7tm’ent”~::iy’ill” be
\nbound to ‘;refu–nd any a..mouln’tj_so,deducted<\/p>\n
or collect’ed7to’;’-th’e.contractor.’ H i<\/p>\n
(e) Su.bject’_Atc:’lvji’heV abov,e,”~.collec.tion of royalty by
\nthe D_epartni.ent’l’or’-rebifund thereof by the
\nDepartment will.’be.:\u00a7,\u00b0overned by the terms<\/p>\n
4; ‘of,.contra’c.t_. ” V<\/p>\n
  ‘stated above shall be construed as a<\/p>\n
_ \u00abl’dir:ecvti’on-,,.:for refund in regard to any
\n  contract. The Department or
\n ‘authority concerned shall decide in each
\n__ case, whether royalty is to be deducted or
\n if any royalty is already deducted, whether<\/p>\n
it should be refunded, keeping in view the<\/p>\n
above principles and terms of the<\/p>\n
contract. ”\n<\/p>\n
H  Yes\/ No.<\/p>\n
 j ‘vweide\ufb01ostz Yes\/ No<\/p>\n
3. The said decision has been upheld by the  ”
\nof this Court in the case of OFFXCE o_,!=.e.1fHE  ”
\nDEPARTMENT OF MINES AND GEOLtSGYijr.A~
\nHAJEE in Writ Appeal No. 830 eff’2.oos’dsepes_ed.:e:\u00e9_;en…235*’?<\/p>\n
September, 2006.\n<\/p>\n
4. Following the ;’.(.idg_me;_r1t “rendered in Writ
\nAppeal No.83O pf’290%..c:ispe;:.ede..pr—“op_i 25″” September, 2005<\/p>\n
these writ pe.titions .e”re’1’a;!_so d_i.sposec%-\u00abof.v”No order as to costs.<\/p>\n
Sch’-\n<\/p>\n
Chief Iustica<\/p>\n
Sd\/-~
\nJudge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karnataka High Court K M V Prasada Rao vs The State Of Karnataka on 8 July, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) & V.G.Sabhahit IN THE HIGH COURT or KARNATAKA AT BANGALOREET DATED THIS THE sth DAY OF JULY 2009 E E PRESENT THE HON’BLE MR. inn. n1NAKARAqN;”cHIH1? AND THE HOIEPBLE WRIT PETITION NO. ;_.19o42;45Vj2o09A (GMQMM-SV}’\u00a7 BETWEEN: 1. 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