c r'^ oi wv-i IN THE^ HLGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH) WRIT PETITION NO.1^2001? PETITIONER Ashok Bindal, S/o Shri Balaram Bindat,Aged about 44 years R/o Soni Badha, Than Khamaria Saja, Distt. Durg (Chhattisgarh) VERSUS f- RESPONDENTS .J>' ^ \>. ^t^ '^ .-•''' ^ ..-••' / ^^-y/ \-'-y ..•••' 2. 1. Nagar Panchayat Than Khamariya, through its Chief Municipal Officer, Than Khamaria, District Durg (CG) ^" ^''.f?^1'" ^y^" ol'-"'' Chief Municipal Officer, Nagar Panchayat, Than Khamaria District Durg (Chhattisgarh) / 3. President, Nagar Panchayat, Than Khaman'ya, Shri Anand ^" Singhama, S/o Shri Chiranjiv Singhanta, President Nagar Panchayat, Than Khamariya, R/o Main Road, Ward No. 10, Than Khamariya, Durg (CG) / WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR THE ISSUANCE OF WRIT 1N THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS, CERTIORARI AND FOR OTHER SUITABLE WRIT OR WR1TS,ORDERORORDERS, DIRECTION OR D1RECTIONS 11n sT'T~?Ri.B.^?!£ N!?"^?a>-P R! ^a^rw-^.Vi ;5 'fcrf&a»^I^^3 S ji'^^i;^ ~&^€~'S&. O^NFi" &I-IBB e"§i^ii^ .yiiji?^AO ^?r'gs"%>.a ^S'Wl^ls^. riWavs^ia^ .*1 ^ S^LS WS^B ©ESLEi-JA <s §i'-^ rg^'^5 N0.127 Of AshoK Bindal, S/o Shri Balaram Bindal, A .^.A..-^ -a^-_-"sf .»<• _/i ^ i '.n'^i'ff. _Q /^ O ^-^' S •"!>^-EnK-?- j~\ys;Ju ciyvui "bt'4- y^sai^ r\/u OvtH wciyua; Khamsria Saja, Distt Durc ff"'E-t^.^,^;<-,^^y!~\ {^fi. U iffilt!5?y-SE i !? ResDontisnts VtK2>U& Naaar Panchavat Than Khamariva, riH^f JtC? ^ijit;! ^;^,i^.i^| /-^fft^^^ 1 UiJfpGi \^'ilUw<Cl Th^-srt Whsrr'-arl^ HEc:<-l'IAt' HiEE-i-f /p:f"S^ 1 H3.H l\nsiliid!'IS. UESsinUl UUFU !,i-/\^i 2. ChieT Mi PanchaYot, Than r^ffi 'h^iiEt^^E , Fxns.msna Nagar L^i^ll ll^L Jura [Chhattisaarh) President, Naaar Panchavat, Than E/rL.,^^^^)h:, f^ C'*i"»'; A i-/~—~O;.^.^-!-.—.-;—C* /^ ?\u<sUE;fflny<3, orui Musiiu oiEiyncsisia, o/u Shri Chiranjiv Singhania, Presiuent Naaar ./t.ii^-^l i'-^^r E^/S Eavcti,, Ti^^i^ i/!rt,Ai^t^s.»-;..i<5 i i ISSE i r\l faniCTl SVCT, R/o Main Road, Ward No.IO. Than i^^^^^^^hf^ n^?-. /'r-^\ i"\uai 1 *c<i sys; i-fuiy ^^•^.3^ 226 of the Const'tutlon of Indi Present : Shn Ashish Shrivastava and Shri Akhliesh Dalap Oy^iiOS;! EU! liiS MCl.lliOt 1SI . Shri Saurabh Sharma, counsel forthe respondents. IRD! ^"s" s wi^ w ^>*.a a ss-c-a^a 5 ^ivyn^ h'.a ft[}f"i\f':rfyvtrf ^rHsS?' ,r:f t'hs^s ^ .f^i Ty IAJS'S r^sss.'s.&r* I*'.1.? ! i i^ EUuUWis £U Ul U^SE Ui II iS ^UUI L vvss |jss&&su i^y lieev Giinta- C-.t y^Jf'^^if ^k^E^^'a Learned counsel for the are heard. 2) The petitloner, who is a contractor has fiied this wri! petition for the following reliefs : "7.1 This Hon'ble Court may kindiv be pleasee to call for the entire recorcs concerning the case of "3~ •^ •^ ^s a »i ^ -i.^ She Detitioner from the Dossession of respondent for its kind perusal. 7.2 This i-ion'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ of mandamus directing the respondents to ta.ke effective steps for disbursina the cumulative payment of the various Vi'orKs undertaKen t>y the petitioner to the tuns ofos.14,66,665/-. 7.3 Any other relief or reiiefs, which this Hon'ble Court deems fit and prooer in view of facts and circumstances of the case, may also bs granted along with the cost of this case." 3) The petitioner, thus, in substance was seeking a direction to the respondents to make payment of various works undertaken bv the petitioner to the tune of Rs. 14,66,665/-. 4) The respondents in their counter affidavit have categoricallv dlsputed the averments made by the petitioner in regard to cQmpletion of the work. Aiong v/ith their retum, the respondents have filed resoiution dated 26.08.2003. passed bv the President in Counci! of Nagar Panchayat, Than Khamariya, District Durg, wherein it resolved thst the petitioner / contractor has not compietsd the work and has obtained the comptetion certiflcate from his Sub-Engineer, who was not even authorized to issue such certificate. 5) From the pieadings of the partles, it is apparent that the writ petition involves disputed questions of ract which cannot be decided in the proceedinas under Artlcte 226 of the Constitution of .es^ /:!lfs:% tima y<aui! is india, because the same wouid require leaciing of the evsdsnce b' the parties, which course is not permissibie in these proceedings. 6) The writ petition, therefore, Is liabie to be dismissed and is hereby dismissed with liberty to the petitioner to avail the other remedies, which may be available to the petltioner under the 'eievant provisions of iaw. Sd/- The ChiefJustice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge