{"id":9900,"date":"2009-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-srihari-contructions-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-5-june-2009"},"modified":"2014-08-23T18:18:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-23T12:48:16","slug":"ms-srihari-contructions-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-5-june-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/ms-srihari-contructions-vs-state-of-karnataka-on-5-june-2009","title":{"rendered":"M\/S Srihari Contructions vs State Of Karnataka on 5 June, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Karnataka High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">M\/S Srihari Contructions vs State Of Karnataka on 5 June, 2009<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit<\/div>\n<pre>IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE\n\nDATED THIS THE 057\" DAY OF JUNE, 2009\n\nPRESENT\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR. P.D. DINAKARAN, cHIEs.VJij_sTIe}E \n\nAND\n\nTHE HON'BLE MR.JUSTI_CE v.e.t1s'AI9sHAHf\u00a3fr\"\u00bbV = I I\n\n \n\nWRIT PETITION N0.9957 a\ufb01zoos'\"(eM.--VMM\u00e9sj\"\"' I\n\nBetween:\n\n1.\n\nM\/s. Srihari Constructions '  ,\nRepresented by its Proprietorw \"  v\n\nSri H.M. Hatoswamyj\"     - \nS\/o Late H.M. Pak_I&lt;eiaf1a.!&#039;a  =:   A &#039; \nAged about 38 y.ears 5; =    \nResiding at No.24, _.6&quot;&#039;vCross  &#039;&#039;\nMalieshwaram _  3:,  I\n\nBangalore - \n\nSri D. Sreenivasan _ &#039;\n\nS\/o R. Doreswgamy _\n\nAged about 48 y.ear.s _ ._ \nResidingat J-20,&#039;D.r. &#039;T.v(.&#039;.M.&#039;-Royan Road\n\nBaga|ore1a--v560 053 &quot;   ..... \n\n\n\nSfo Suobtrarmnia l&#039;i&#039;E\u00bb._ \nAged about 4?._&#039;-y_ea;rs\n\n, R\/o No.51\/2,_ .1&#039;ot1-&quot;_ Cross\n\nMagadi&quot;&#039;Road&#039;, Sangaiore ---- 560 027\n\n.v,&#039;Sri&#039;Mt.VoManj&#039;u*nath\n\u00ab T S~\/1&#039;0 K.J;&quot;~Mudligiri\n&quot;Age.d&#039;abo&#039;ut 46 years\n &quot;R-esidjng at No.141\/6,43&#039; Main,\n E A  E.a_st.of Kattriguppe, BSK III Stage\n &quot;Bangatore -- 560085\n\n \n\n\n\n5. Sri Parthasarathi\n\nS\/o late Mogali Naidu\nAged about 44 years\nR\/at No.4, 6&quot;&#039; Cross\n\n6&quot;&#039; Main, 7&quot;&#039; Block,\n\n4&quot;&#039; Phase, BSK III Stage\nBangalore -- 85\n\n6. M\/s. Manjushree Constructions\nRepresented by its Partner   \nSri M.C. Rajanna : &#039;\nAged about 45 years\nNo.6\/2, II Floor, 15&quot; Main Road\nSheshadripuram\nBangalore -- 20\n\n7. Sri M. Mahadevappa\nS\/o Late Mallappa\nAged about 38 years\nr\/at No.3622, 9*&quot; Cross\nI Main, Gayathrinagar&quot;   _   \nBangalore -- 21  &#039;   2:   A &#039; \n\n8. Sri P.R. Ma:J:|ika_rj_unair\u00a3Vht.V_   I\nS\/o Rudraiah &#039;4 &#039; _  \nAged about 62._years \n&#039;Jyothi&#039; No.2203r,1A .  \n23&#039;&quot; Cross, BSK II Stage,&quot; K.R. Road\n__Banga|or-5; -- 70 &quot; _ .\n9. 3.._V.. Constructions&quot;&#039;~\u00ab.\nRepresented&quot;\u00abb&#039;y \u00bbits.Proprietor\n Sri  Ven\u00abka&#039;tes-h_mu;rt&#039;hy\n .v,S\/0 Narayana_ppal_ \n Aged about -43 years\n_ I&quot;-.__yR\/at 27, I1~.Ma;=:n Road, BSK I Stage\n.,&#039;,A\\\/inayakanagar\n ysarrgaloreym 560 050\n\nIt It &#039;   Gangaraja\n\n &#039;  &quot;Aged about 46 years\n\n&quot;3-,lO..D.oddaiah\n\n \n\n\n\nr\/at No.3622, 9*&#039; Cross\nGayathrinagar\nBangalore -\u00ab 27\n\n11.Sri H.V. Ravi\n\nS\/o H.T. Venkategowda\n\nAged about 42 years\n\nResiding at No.141\/6\n\n4&quot;&#039; Main, East of Kattriguppe\n\nBSK III Stage\n\nBangalore -- 85   \n\n12.Sri G.V. Gopalreddy\nS\/o Subbareddy\nAged about 40 years\nr\/at No.3\/40, 9&quot;&#039; Cross\n4*&quot; Main, Yelahanka\nBangalore\n\n13.Sri Dhasaratha Ram Redciy\n\nS\/o Narayanareddy   &#039;\n\nAged about 56 years_   V     :\nResiding at No.8, 10&quot;&#039;\u00a7C&#039;ross,&#039;--15&quot;_Main,g&#039;  &quot; \nDattatreyanaga-r&quot;,&#039; Ho_sakerfeha.|_i--i.;,_ B~SK&quot;--III2Stage\nBangalore ~ 85&#039;   &quot; r y   \n\n14.Sri B.T. Ranga_nathaia.|_1  &#039;--   &quot;\n5\/0 D. Thirukappa . _ A &#039; A\nAged about 63 years &#039; ~ *\n4_\u00bb .Residing--y:at No.I10\/4; El_NS_L.ayout\n 1&#039;&quot;&#039;*-Mair! Road, KHB Colony&#039;\n&#039;=_1&#039;\u00b0&quot;. Stage, Basa-yes-hwaranagar\nB&#039;a_ngal_or e  .560 &quot;O.7_&#039;9..\n\n&quot; R&#039; i&quot;A.,...1.S.Sri *r.I:\"' Cross, III Main\n y IvII\"B|OCk_, T.R. Nagar\n\n\" ea.-lg'a\u00bb!.o.re ---- 560 028\n\n(By Sri S.N.Kurnaraswamy, Advocate)\n\n...Petitioners\n\n{yr\/.;.;u:_\n .. ._ _\n\n\n\nthe private sources. It is further contended that the petitioners do not\nown any quarries and that they are not liable to pay any royalty\"--t_o the\n\nrespondents. However, the respondents are deducting royalty\ufb02frovm<\/pre>\n<p>the bills of the petitioners without authority of law. Hence;  &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>praying not to deduct the royalty from th.e~h2.!.lsAofilthelyupevtitliloneirs &#8216;incl<\/p>\n<p>respect of the materials procured by thern fr&#8217;nrrr&#8217;i&#8217;prii\\;:ateyysotiricesafor<\/p>\n<p>execution of the civil contract works.\n<\/p>\n<p>2. In similar matters, this,&#8230;C*:ourt&#8221;&#8216;&#8211;\u00bbi.n Gl\\&#8217;i;-..I,(,U,l*:*ElAR AND<br \/>\nomens v. STATE or KARMA-&#8216;.r3Ai&lt;A,_ANo&quot;o1fhEias in Writ Petitions<br \/>\nNo. 31384-31266 of 1994 displosedfofvcn&quot;.3i5\u00a3&#039;_Octob&#039;er, 1994 has laid<\/p>\n<p>down the principl,e\u00a7,, rerEating4&quot;.to of royalty by the<\/p>\n<p>contractors. T&#039;he&quot;isarn&#039;e are\ufb02eattracted hereunvder:<\/p>\n<p>(a) Where pro.vldin&#8221;g.qtrleylrnaterlal (subjected to royalty) is<br \/>\nthe V&#8217;responsibillty,&#8217;of  contractor and the Department<\/p>\n<p>.&#8211; provides the contractor with specified borrow areas, for<br \/>\n eirtracftion &#8220;of\u00abvthe.&#8217;required construction material, the<br \/>\ncontractor will be liable to pay royalty charges for the<\/p>\n<p> &#8212; _(n;lnor mineral) extracted from such areas,<\/p>\n<p>&#8216; :r&#8217;r.&#8217;=.=.4:;ag.:\u00ab.c:fi:z;&#8217;e of whether the contract is a item rate<br \/>\nC.on&#8217;tract or a lump sum contract. Hence deduction of<br \/>\n&#8216;roy:alty charges in such cases will be legal. For this<br \/>\nptlrpose non~execution of mining lease is not relevant,<\/p>\n<p> as the liability to pay royalty arises on account of the<\/p>\n<p>(b)<\/p>\n<p>(C)<\/p>\n<p>(0&#8242;) a<\/p>\n<p>(e}*-\n<\/p>\n<p>contractor extracting material from a Government land,<\/p>\n<p>for use in the work.\n<\/p>\n<p>Where under the contract the responsibili\ufb02&#8217; to supply.__<br \/>\nthe material (minor minerals) is that of<br \/>\nDepartment\/employer and the contractor is reqwre&#8211;!Nill~ 56<br \/>\nposition even if the contractor is required to.vt.Ir&#8217;anvsport&#8217;*:<br \/>\nthe material from outside th_e&#8221;&#8221;worl&lt; site, so,longVas&#039;&quot;th&#039;e if<\/p>\n<p>unit rate is only for labour for service and does} not<\/p>\n<p>include the cost of.ri1k3&#039;\u00ab-t._erial;&#039;i&#039; &#039;&#039; <\/p>\n<p>Where the contractor uses .ma\u20ac?eri&#039;al_purchased in open<br \/>\nmarked, that is rnajterial purchased fron*., private sources<\/p>\n<p>like quarry lease h.oldei5_; or private duarry owners, there<\/p>\n<p> no:1li&#039;ab.ility&#039;&quot;lpn .,the_&#039;vcont&#039;ractor to pay any royalty<\/p>\n<p>charges.&#039;<\/p>\n<p>In cases &#039;cover_ed~.by&quot;paras (b) and (c) the Department<\/p>\n<p>cannot recover or deduct any royalty from the bills of<br \/>\n&#039; the c&#039;on&#039;tractor&quot;and if so deducted, the Department will<\/p>\n<p>b._e&quot;bound to refund any amount so deducted or collected<\/p>\n<p>. toithe contractor.\n<\/p>\n<p>subject to the above, collection of royalty by the<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Department or refund thereof by the Department will be<\/p>\n<p>if &#8216;D  governed by the terms of contract.\n<\/p>\n<p>Nothing stated above shall be construed as a direction<\/p>\n<p>for refund in regard to any particular contract. The<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;;&#8221;*2,&#8211;\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>Department or authority concerned shall decided in each<br \/>\ncase, whether royalty is to be deducted or if any royalty<\/p>\n<p>is already deducted, whether it should be refunded;&#8211;___<br \/>\nkeeping in view the above principles and terms of <\/p>\n<p>con tra ct. &#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>3.<\/p>\n<p>of this Court in the case of oFFzcE::&#8221;o&#8217;i=&#8217;:&#8221;r:s;Es._ oInj&#8217;~:etoR&#8221;&#8221;VVoF<\/p>\n<p>DEPARTMENT or Mmes AM) eeotocafy. M;_&#8217;v1iAMoHAni&#8217;M$b~&#8211;t,%<\/p>\n<p>HAJEE in Writ Appeal No. 830 of 2006&#8243;-etiiisrposed ofon.2&#8217;i3&#8243;;a&#8217;Se&#8217;pte&#8217;n1ber,&#8217;VV<\/p>\n<p>2006.\n<\/p>\n<p>4. Foiiowing the judg_rn\u00e9n_t  \u00a7:his.&#8217;\u00ab~.(:f&#8217;oo7Vr\u00a7:,_tendered in Writ<br \/>\nAppeal N0.830 of 2QO6&#8243;;\u00a3i:sposed  &#8216;2\u00a7&#8221;&#8221;&#8216;-isevptember, 2006 this writ<br \/>\npetition is disposed   V<\/p>\n<p>Sd\/-<\/p>\n<pre>\nChief \ufb01\ufb01stice\n\nSd\/-~\nJudge\n\n I\ufb01d:\u00e9,\u00e9';'\"  .l..;\\io.;;:~-'\nV '  -     VYi:'ES{\/ NO\n\n<\/pre>\n<p>The said decision has been upheld by thVelI3~iyVisio:r: i3ench_A <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karnataka High Court M\/S Srihari Contructions vs State Of Karnataka on 5 June, 2009 Author: P.D.Dinakaran(Cj) &amp; V.G.Sabhahit IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BANGALORE DATED THIS THE 057&#8243; DAY OF JUNE, 2009 PRESENT THE HON&#8217;BLE MR. P.D. 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