Court : Andhra Pradesh
Decided on : Sep-04-2003
Reported in : 2003(6)ALD562; 2004(1)ALT195; 2004(1)ARBLR319(AP)
P.S. Narayana, J. 1. The petitioner, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Port of Visakhapatnam Port Trust, Visakhapatnam, had filed the present O.P. under Section 30 of the Arbitration Act, 1940, hereinafter referred to as 'Act' in short, praying for the relief to set aside the award dated 28-2-1991 made by Sri Gurucharan Singh, Umpire, 12, Palam Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110057, shown as 1st respondent in the O.P., relating to the work of construction of land based works at Lova Gardens which is C-2 works and marine works and break water construction, which is C-3 works. The Contractor M/s. Continental Constructions Limited, Continental House, 28, Place, New Delhi 110018, is shown as 2nd respondent in the O.P.2. The O.P. was filed in the matter of C.M.A. No.162/80 and C.M.A. No. 1189/82, The petitioner, no doubt, had raised several grounds in the main O.P. and also in the supplemental statement to the said O.P. on objections filed by M/s. Continental Construction Limited, the...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Decided on : Mar-21-2003
Reported in : 2003(3)ALD2; 2004(3)ALT221
ORDERV.V.S. Rao, J.Introduction1. The core question in all the five writ petitions is whether the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the first respondent herein, committed any error apparent on the face of the record in passing the orders in Memo No. 39408/SS.1/1994-42, dated 13-11-2001 justifying the prayer made in the writ petition to declare the same as illegal, unauthorized, against the principles of natural justice and void. All the writ petitions were heard together and are being disposed of by this common order. Shorn of the details, by the impugned order, the Government has concluded that the land admeasuring Acs. 279.22 gts. comprised in Sy.No. 66 of Raidurg Village in Ranga Reddy District is Government land and, therefore, there is no need to order implementation of supplementary Sethwars (See Glossary of Revenue terms in the footnote*), which are incorrect and unwarranted. It is a decision not to implement the supplementary Sethwars and nothing else. Why then, the petitioners are...
Tag this Judgment!Court : Andhra Pradesh
Decided on : Dec-01-2003
Reported in : 2004(1)ALD164; 2004(1)ALT306
Devinder Gupta, C.J.1. This writ petition by way of Public Interest Litigation has been filed by two petitioners. First petitioner claims to be an Association of Indian Ammonium Nitrate ., a company engaged in the manufacture and sale of Fertilizers and Ammonium Nitrate in the country.2. The petitioners are aggrieved by the alleged inaction on the part of the Respondents 1 to 12 in failing to prevent the alleged clandestine imports of Ammonium Nitrate of explosive grade in bulk. Petitioners have alleged that Respondents 13 to 15 and other importers and explosive manufacturers are importing Ammonium Nitrate of Explosive Grade in bulk clandestinely by declaring the same to be a Fertilizer Grade, which is in breach of directions issued by the Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board. They are also violating the provisions of Customs Act, 1962 read with Customs Tariff Act and the Fertilizer (Control) Order, 1985, issued under the Essential Commodities Act.3. Petitioners claim that the Fertil...
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