Andhra Pradesh Court February 1992 Judgments

Kankati Annapuranamma Vs. the Chairman and Managing Director, Andhra P ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission SCDRC Hyderabad

Lakshmana Rao, President: 1. Case under the Consumers Protection Act, 1983 praying that in the circumstances stated in the Memorandum of grounds filed herein the State Commission will be pleased to direct the respondents to pay the damages i.e. on the amount of Rs. 9,54,954.00 together with interest from the date of this suit and also an amount of Rs. 500/- towards the expenses for filing the suit and farther expenses thereon. 2. This case coming on for hearing upon perusing the Memorandum of grounds affidavit filed herein, and upon hearing the arguments of Kankati, Annapuranamma, part-in-person, the Court made the following order: 3. This Complaint is filed by the widow of late Kankati Venkateswarlu, who worked for some time as a Driver in the APSRTC. It is stated that her husband was placed under suspension, while he was working as Driver in the APSRTC. The husband of the complainant died on 8.10.1980 it is alleged as the APSRTC has refused to take him back into service. Her grievanc...

Management of Glaxo India Ltd. Vs. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Gu ...

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: (1993)ILLJ626AP

ORDER1. The management of Glaxo India Limited, Madras is the petitioner herein. It filed this writ petition seeking issue of a writ of mandamus restraining the 1st respondent from proceeding with the Industrial Dispute No. 441 of the 1989 and to pass such other orders as deemed fit. 2. The facts of the case are as follows : The petitioner-company is a registered Company under the Companies Act having its registered office at Bombay. The Branch offices among other places are at Bombay, Madras, Vijayawada, etc. Petitioner is engaged in the manufacture and sale of food, pharmaceuticals, aggrovat and animal health products. The 2nd respondent was a wholetime employee of the petitioner-company, and is forbidden from contracting employment elsewhere so long as he continues in the employment of the petitioner, in any capacity whatsoever. During the period of his employment, 2nd respondent obtained employment in Jindal Aluminium Limited, Bangalore. He has been working with the said company and...

C.V.L. Subrahmahyam Vs. K. Venkateshwarlu and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1993(1)ALT430

ORDERP.L. Narasimha Sarma, J.1. This application is filed for punishing respondents 1 to 5 under the Contempt of Courts Act (Act 70 of 1971) (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act').2. The facts which are either admitted or borne out of the record are as follows: Petitioner is working as a Lecturer in Economics in C.S.R. Sarma College, Ongole from 1973. He was elected as the Chairman of the Staff Association. As the Chairman of the Staff Association, he became the Officio Member of the Governing Body of the C.S.R. Sarma College, Ongole (for short 'College'). The College was one of the centres for conducting Intermediate Public examinations. Certain irregularities with regard to invigilation seem to have been committed during the course of the conduct of the Intermediate public examinations, with which we are not concerned in these proceedings. The governing body of the college met on 24-4-1988 to consider the alleged irregularities committed as mentioned above. It is stated by the petiti...

Y. Pridhvi Kumar Vs. the Gerenal Manager, Telecom District, Hyderabad

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1993AP131

ORDER1.This writ petition is filed questioning the impugned Notice INV/ 30248/ def. dt. 18-2-92 issued by the respondent herein seeking to disconnect the petitioners telephone No. 223627 on the ground that there are arrears outstanding against the telephone bearing No. 30248 pertaining to his mother. I am not here called upon to enter the merits with regard to the arrears claimed against telephone number 30248 pertaining to the petitioner's mother. But, what is intriguing is the proposed action of the respondent in seeking to disconnect the petitioner's telephone on the ground that his mother has defaulted in payment of the arrears to the tune of Rs. 1,02,345/- (Rupees one lakh two thousand three hundred and forty five only) pertaining to her telephone No. 30248. Rule 443 of the Indian Telegraph Rules which were framed under the rule making power under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, empowers the concerned authority to disconnect the telephone of a subscriber in default of payment. In ...

B. Ramachandra Reddy Vs. the Union of India and Others

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: AIR1993AP19

ORDER1. The complaint of the petitioner in this Writ Petition is that even though he has filed the reply on 19-2-1992 to the Notice dated 11-2-1992 ssued by the third respondent herein, no enquiry has been conducted and as matter of course and in routine fashion the impugned order dated 20-2-1992 was passed, that too by the third respondent herein'.2. Mr. J. V. Lakshmana Rao, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that inasmuch as the allegations mentioned in the Notice dated 11-2-1992 were refuted by the petitioner, it was, incumbent upon the third respondent to conduct an enquiry and failure to do so has resulted in infraction of the principles of natural justice and the petitioner is condemned without being heard.3. Mr. K. Rajanna, the Additional Standing Counsel for respondents, on the other hand, submits that inasmuch as in the notice dated 11-2-1992 it is also recited that there is evidence on record to prove the guilt of the petitioner, it should be presumed that the enq...

Vallabhaneni Venkatarama Narsaiah Vs. the Director of Census and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1992(2)ALT623

ORDERB. Subhashan Reddy, J.1. In this writ petition the relief is to issue a writ of Mandamus directing the Second respondent to take into account the correct strength of scheduled castes population and declare the office of Sarpanch, Ammapalem Gram Panchayat as General and not reserved for scheduled castes candidate.2. The complaint in this Writ Petition is that in the voters list of 1980 the population of scheduled castes was shown as 93 Voters. While in the succeeding it would not have gone so high within a span of year. Stay of the elections was by this Court on 26-12-1988 and consequently Elections could not be this gram panchayat. Now when the matter came up for hearing today there are changed circumstances in view of the amendment of the A.P. Gram Act, 1964 By. amending Act 28 of 1991 making a provision under shall be such part of the electoral roll for the assembly constituency, In view of that, the complaint of the petitioner does not survive any more as the basis for a compla...

The Special Deputy Collector Vs. E. Jagga Reddy and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1992(2)ALT578

G. Radhakrishna Rao, J.1. The land admeasuring Ac.70-02 gts. was acquired for the purpose of excavation of Kakatiya Canal DBM16 at K.M. 15. It is a dry land and possession was taken on 25-5--81. 4(1) Notification was published on 6-5-82 and the award was passed on 1-8-84. The Land Acquisition Officer awarded at the rate of Rs. 6,250/- per acre. Ex.B-1 is the award that has been marked on behalf of the Land Acquisition Officer.2. When the matter was referred to the lower court under Section 18 of the Act, the lower court awarded at the rate of Rs. 20,000 per acre. Aggrieved by the same, the State has come up in appeal.3. The lower court after considering the documents, particularly Exs. A-8 and' A-9 which were proved through P.Ws.2, 3 and 4 came to the conclusion that Rs. 20,000/ - per acre would be the reasonable compensation that can be granted for the lands that have been acquired, and double the compensation for wells granted by the L. A.O. P.W.I is the retired Dy. Executive Enginee...

The Singareni Colleries Co. Ltd. Vs. J. Umashankar Rao and ors.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1992(2)ALT187

G. Radhakrishna Rao, J.1. In this appeal we are concerned with Ac.37-15 g. covered by the Notification dated 14-2-84. The Land Acquisition Officer dealt with many sale transactions and ultimately relying upon the sale transactions mentioned at Sl.Nos. 43 and 44 and by giving allowance due to the time factor., fixed the value of the land at Rs. 12,000/- per acre. Aggreived by the same the claimants got the matter referred to the Civil Court under Section 18 of the L.A. Act, on the ground that the value of the land is about Rs. 2 lakhs per acre. Before the lower court P.W.1 (claimant No. 6) P.W.2 the pattadar and P.W.3 were examined on behalf of the claimants. On behalf of the respondents, one Senior Assistant was examined and Ex.B-1 was marked.2. After hearing the arguments we must state that neither the claimants nor the L.A.O. have chosen to prove the relevant evidence for the purpose of determining the compensation. It is brought to our notice that on a prior occasion when a similar ...

Krishna Medical Stores and anr. Vs. Income Tax Officer and anr.

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1992(2)ALT164; (1993)109CTR(AP)147; [1994]206ITR76(AP)

ORDERJ. Eswara Prasad, J.1. The first petitioner in both the revision is a firm. The second petitioner is a partner of the firm, in charge of its affairs. The petitioners are the accused Nos. 1 and 2 in CC. No. 50/87 on the file of the Court of the Special Judge for Economic Offences at Hyderabad, relating to the asst. yr. 1982-83 and in CC. No. 51/87 relating to the asst. yr. 1983-84, along with three others. They were charged with offences punishable under ss. 276C(1), 277 and 278 of the IT Act, 1961. Pending trial, A5 died. A1 (the first petitioner) was found guilty under s. 276C; A2 was found guilty under ss. 277 and 276C read with s. 278 and was sentenced to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000 in default to undergo R1 for one month. He was also sentenced to R1 for 3 months and was directed to pay a fine of Rs. 1,000 in default to undergo R1 for one month on the second charge. A3, another partner of the firm, was acquitted. A4 was found guilty under s. 278 and was sentenced to undergo imprison...

Lachamma and anr. Vs. Buchamma

Court: Andhra Pradesh

Reported in: 1992(3)ALT385

ORDERA. Gopal Rao, J.1. Defendants are the petitioners in this revision petition. This revision petition is filed aggrieved by the order dated 28-12-1989 passed by the Lower Court on the preliminary issue, holding that the Civil Court has got the jurisdiction to decide the suit. The suit, O.S. No. 100 of 1988 was filed in the District Munsif's Court at Mahaboobnagar by the respondent-plaintiff for perpetual injunction, restraining the petitioners-defendants from interfering with the peaceful possession of the plaintiff over the suit land ad measuring Ac. 15.27 guntas in survey No. 544/A, Polepally village of Jedcherla mandal. The case of the plaintiff is that survey No. 544 originally comprised of Ac. 19-27 guntas which was owned by the plaintiff. Father of the first defendant was the protected tenant with respect to the entire land and when he defaulted in payment of rent, plaintiff initiated proceedings before the Tahsildar against the protected tenant for recovery of rent and also f...