IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHATTISAR AT BILASPUR \ w.P.No. 1234' /2005 \ w ‘ Petitioner / M/s Mang11a1 Pagana, Bullders and Contractors A Fm reglstered underr Indlan Partnership Act, Represented through Susheel Chandra Pagaria, Partner, Pagaria House, Near Bus Stand, Jeewan Beema Marg, Pandri, Raipur—(C.G.) State of Chhattisgarh, Through The Secretary Law Mantralaya, D.K.S. ‘ hawan, Raipur, Dist : Rajpur—(C.G. ) B The Municipal Corporation, Through Comm1ss1oner, Mun1c1pa1 Corporatlon (C.G>.), WRn PETITION UNDERARTKCLE’226/ / 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT IN NATURE OF MANDAMU‘S» CERTIORARI AND OR FOR ORDERS IN NATURE OE WRITS Rai r- x u iX1&1 HGH ; m W. @ia: 32H 3&3? m: m Warm, Wm 1 ‘ W mWW.B \a$l’\ ......... ' 5 “W; 2a® W W f'1a*3§€%§> WWW? WW} t¥ f$r§m m Mm.”u.. a'wmw, wmmw $wm 14m 31% ” DIV!S!0N BENCH: HON’BLE MR. A.K. NAM, ' 90!96l2005: m‘mmmmm~.m. _mn.&wm mw_._.(.~.wm - - _ ‘ PAT "J & HONBLE MR. $UNIL KUMAR Sl‘ HA J - Hear Mr. iore Bhadmi ed conse! fr t pe’titiene, Mr d Ksh le m u o he r . amod erm lned e Cner Sta Chha a Arawal, Advecte, Pr Va ear Ad“! Arimcat eal For thn b: hf tt'cgarh/mwmdm’ Nn 1 nd Mr HE g Sr a With Sanga h eme o for deh E he petitiner has construct the ne bus'snd compEe at Panr Raip puma to t aded to the ition t Madhya Prdesh State Rea ansort Carpc ca he a ot tc ere ed t t peo y the Maa Pres e ea nsprt Corpo d sann b he unrr‘rpe! 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Corpatrenrand ae o fe an polrcatro e rnlutlon e sapptiatn r po in} n s efor Civ J S h tih cp 96 f ho e A r vde su b nt g p o. y a n g t een ne in rsunce evetio tend ex o t At / or by law m ru utit h eyprratro / w m f; ‘ i i i 3" Ww WW _mm_mm~. W .m.._w A XLHC—73 311% $1 @wiE g an an‘ésy Wm 3%: mm, wm W‘ga’ Wm mi mg em W (agfi‘ww) § 'r‘xfa‘ 3W? aqw‘ after notice in writing haé'been deIiJered or !eft at the Chief Corporation Office stating adequate particu!ars relating to (a) the cause of action; (b) the name and residence 9f the in! nding plaintiff and of his advocate, pieader or agent, if any, for the purp ee of the suit; and (c) the relief which he claims. The Raipur Municipai Coteoratioh has fiied a written statement inthe said suit pleading inter a'lia gthat the suit of the petitiener is net maintainable as notice in terms at ectien 401 of the Act has not been served on the Raipur Municipal Cor ratien befcre the suit was filed. The petitioner has tiled this writ petition u der Article 22§ of the Constitution of India fer deciaring the aforesaid provisions of section 401 é of the Act as ultra vires to the Consti ution. ivawafaWWh.At a woha a Moamawmwm nktmwwmwuei M. a / On a query by the Court a to how two parallel proceedings in ? respect of same cause of action c n be maintained by the petitioner by ' way of a civil suit before the Civil C rt and by way of a writ petition before ‘ this Court, Mr. Bhaduri submitted t. at in the civil Suit the vires of Section i 401 of the Act perhaps cannot beg challenged and for this reason the- petitioner has approached this Courit under Article 226 of the Constitution of india challenging the vires of the siaid Section 401 of the Act. ‘ i We are unahie to appreciate the aforesaid suhmission of Mr. > t' Bhaduri. Section 9 of the Code of ivi! Procedure, 1908 provides that the ' Courts shall (subject to the provisi ns contained‘in the said Code) have f jurisdiction to try all suits of a civi nature excepting suits of which their cognizance is either expressiy or piiediy barred. No provision of law and no provision of the Constitutio has been brought to our notice by Mr. provisioneofanActtasautrautires _ "”Wwanm‘w, aaatm““.mww.mmaM“ttaimt. .., . 45“4.. m“m“o. dam up“ )aMma“ W. w a x ’ :V i. t .. . um XI-HC—78 3a mwi W W€ zmwwiwaM—“mww‘‘ “géazmy Q1133" “ca—{Tam g “NI 3% ét? am? g ‘ i WW mt“; W: — 3- mwm ”WE war 1%rérW a‘m WW (Ww) A.. mwmrmwwm Mr. Bhaduri next submitted tliiat aithough the petitioner has filed an application for temporary iniunctio ‘in the civil Court, in the event the appiication for temporary injunction i s dismissed by the Civil Court, Raipur . Municipa! Corporation wiii not aiiew any time whatsoever to the petitioner to move the appeilate Court and wi i'demolish the constructions made by the petitioner and as a result the p itioner will suffer with grave prejudice. . We are 9f the censidered ppinion hat since the petitioner has a right of appeai against an order refusing: temporary injunction, in case the xmmmMwmt awrmr.cM-sammtwwi-‘.mawwrm.wa,o.. mm. me”M twmwmmatavmm anoun”Mi- awai”t m. ~wwm.,, w. the Constitution is either expressly of impiiedhr barred. In the absence of any clear provision either in the Con stitution or any other iew, expreesly or ijmpiiedlygproviding a bar to a civil s ’t for declaring a provision of an Act to be uitra vires the Constitution, wet l to see as to how such a suit can be held to be barred. There is, hoWev r, a provision made in Section 1 13 of the Code of Civil Procedure as am ded that where the Court is satisfed that a case pending before it involves a question as to the validity of any provrsron of any Act the determ- tron of which is necessary for the ' :dlsposal 0f the case, and rs of the inion that ,such a provision is invaiid rer inoperative, but has not been so; declared by‘the High Court to which that Court is subordinate or by the Sgupreme Court, the Court shail state a ‘ ease se*ting out its opinion and th reasons therefer and refer the same for the opinion of the High Court fl'his proViSion shows that a suit may aiso invoive a question wrth regard to the vaiidity of a provrsion of an Act ’ Hence it ts always open for the petitioner to claim a relief in the cwri suit already fled before the CiVil Court for declaring the provrsions of Section 401 of the Act as ultra Vires the Con§titution i l witn 4”" XI—HC——7 3 ‘ mhWmw-maW‘w‘ a ‘ MA mm mzamm, W W ~ %i EQg i wxmuwmmwumg‘ r.‘ w;" wwm (Wu) Wmmwww 37w Wm i 3mg? .4 a”; my: _ u” % i Wiatqgg; jg? W __Tw ‘I‘ m.‘ anpllcahon ”mm, for temporary m}unction fl d by the p moner is rejected ”w, by the m FM! Court atleast ffteen days ti chomd be given by the RAipHr Mumcmal COVpcratwn ta the pa’utz ner to file the appea! before the appellateuCeurt and movn an apphcat n for 'ntenm orders hihe regult we dispose cf tliis writ petition with the ebserration that the interim order of status-qua assed by this Court or 04I04I2005 and continued on 03l05/2005 wrll co nue for a per-ed of one month from today and the CM! Court before w om the'applrcation for mjunctxon is pending will dispose of the applicatiorg tor injunction of the petitioner within the eaid period of one Month In ‘ase the application for injunction is relented by the CM! Coart Rarpur Mtnrmpal Corporation wilt not demotish I the coostructrone rmade by the petitioner L fle for an a period appea! of before ffteen the days appella. so that ‘ Court and move an applioation for iriterim orders. We make it ctear that we have not expressed any opinion oin the merits of the case of any of the parties and the triat Court and ttite appetlate Court wttl decide the questions raised before them by the pames on their own merits In i Sum‘l Kumar Sinha ’I Judge h : J\’»/\ the petitroner get. reasonable time tE t i t 4 ‘t tme/wwuaroeewsnr:“”mnommwmxfMenw:anewwW‘rHwwmrn.M:wotaw.-..tsA.w...r._ “a, N. i ( z/ accordance with law. H‘*—“T g Sd/. 7, ;, Sd/- C’hief Justice [7, fir L7 - if {I I f r : i E :i [ ’ f“ " g i