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2011 DIGILAW 2808 (RAJ)

Forest Expansion Officer, Social Forestry, Chaumu v. Police Station Samod Gramin

2011-12-21

B.L.NAVAL, TARA CHAND SAHARAN

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lgkj.k] lnL;-&;g vihy /kkjk 224] jktLFkku dk'rdkjh vf/kfu;e] 1955 ds vUrxZr jktLo vihy izkf/kdkjh] t;iqj }kjk vihy la[;k 165@2002 esa ikfjr fu.kZ; fnukad 23-11-2002 ls O;fFkr gksdj izLrqr dh gSA 2- la{ksi esa izdj.k ds rF; bl izdkj gSa fd izR;FkhZ@oknh }kjk vihykFkhZx.k@ izfroknhx.k ds fo:) fnukad 8-9-1999 dks ,d okn jktLFkku dk'rdkjh vf/kfu;e] 1955 dh /kkjk 188 ds vUrxZr LFkkbZ fu"ks/kkKk gsrq lgk;d dysDVj] pkSewa ds U;k;ky; esa bl vk'k; dk izLrqr fd;k fd xzke lkeksn rglhy pkSewa fLFkr vkjkth [kljk la[;k 1363@1 jdck 0-52 gSDVj] [kljk la[;k 1367@2 jdck 0-23 gSDVj dqy fdrk 2 dqy jdck 0-75 gsDVj Hkwfe ftyk dysDVj] t;iqj }kjk vkns'k Øekad 18@,@94@96@11189-94 fnukad 18-12-1996 ds }kjk Fkkuk lkeksn ds Hkou fuekZ.k gsrq vkoafVr dh Fkh ftldk ukekUrjdj.k la[;k 74 fnukad 3-9-1998 iqfyl Fkkuk lkeksn ds uke [kqy pqdk gS rFkk fu;ekuqlkj dCtk Hkh fn;k tk pqdk gS fdUrq izfroknhx.k mDr Hkwfe ij tcju viuk vkf/kiR; LFkkfir djuk pkgrs gSaA vr% izfroknhx.k dks LFkkbZ fu"ks/kkKk ls ikcUn fd;k tkosA bl ij lgk;d dysDVj] pkSewa us ,di{kh; dk;Zokgh djrs gq, vius fu.kZ; fnukad 30-1-2001 ds }kjk oknh dk okn ,drjQk fMØh dj fn;kA bl fu.kZ; o fMØh ls O;fFkr gksdj vihykFkhZx.k@izfroknhx.k }kjk izLrqr izFke vihy dks Hkh jktLo vihy izkf/kdkjh] t;iqj us vius fu.kZ; o fMØh fnukad 23-11-2002 ds }kjk [kkfjt dj nhA blls vlarq"V gksdj vihykFkhZx.k }kjk ;g f}rh; vihy bl U;k;ky; ds le{k fnukad 2-5-2003 dks izLrqr dh xbZ gSA 3- ;g vihy o"kZ 2003 ls yfEcr gS ,oa blesa v/khuLFk U;k;ky;ksa dk vfHkys[k vkuk vHkh Hkh 'ks"k gSA pwafd ;g izdj.k jktLFkku ljdkj ds gh nks foHkkxksa ds e/; gS rFkk blesa ;g dkuwuh fcUnq fufgr gS fd D;k jktLFkku ljdkj ds gh nks foHkkxksa ds e/; izdj.k jktLo U;k;ky; }kjk lquokbZ ;ksX; gS\ vr% ge U;k;fgr esa izdj.k ds 'kh?kz fuLrkj.k gsrq v/khuLFk U;k;ky;ksa dk vfHkys[k eaxk;s fcuk gh fuf.kZr djuk mfpr le>rs gSaA 4- bl lanHkZ esa ge ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; ds fu.kZ; fnukad 18-2-2003 tks Chief Conservator of Forests, Government of A.P. vs. The Collector & Ors. es ikfjr fd;k x;k gS rFkk tks 2003(2) DNJ 462 ij iazdkf'kr gqvk gS dks m)`r djuk mfpr le>rs gSa& (A) Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 131, 226 & 300- Civil Procedure Code, 1908- Secs. es ikfjr fd;k x;k gS rFkk tks 2003(2) DNJ 462 ij iazdkf'kr gqvk gS dks m)`r djuk mfpr le>rs gSa& (A) Constitution of India, 1950 - Arts. 131, 226 & 300- Civil Procedure Code, 1908- Secs. 79 & 80 - Order 27 Rule 1 & Order 1 Rule 9 & 10 - Dispute between two departments of State with regard to title of land - Chief Conservator of Forest filed writ petition against order of Commissioner of Survey- "State not arrayed as party - Petition dismissed by High Court- Appeal - Whether maintainable- Held, No- Suit by or Government be filed in the name of Union or State Government as the case may be- Suit/"Writ between two departments of State not maintainable, so also the appeal there against (Para 16). (B) Constitution of India, 1950-Arts. 131, 226 and 300-Civil Procedure Code, 1908-Secs. 79 & 80, Order 27 Rule 1 & Order 1 Rule 9 & 10 - Suit/Writ between two departments of State Government- Not envisaged in Constitution or CPC-Such practice detrimental to public interest-Direction to constitute committee to settle inter departmental disputes given. (Para 14). 5- izdj.k dh izd`fr dks Hkyh Hkkafr Li"V djus ds fy, ge iSjk 16 ,oa iSjk 14 dk iw.kZr;k mYys[k djuk Hkh mfpr le>rs gSa& Para 16: Now, reverting to the facts of the case on hand, we are of the view that after the said statutory order of the Commissioner of Survey, Settlement and Land Record, the matter should have rested there. We have, therefore, no hesitation in coming to the conclusion that it was not only inappropriate but also illegal for the Chief Conservator of Forest, though he might have done so in all good faith, to have questioned the order of the Commissioner of Survey. Settlement and Land Record before the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Writ Petition (C) No. 3414 of 1982. The Chief Conservator of Forests as the petitioner can neither be treated as the State of Andhra Pradesh nor can it be a case of misdescription of the State of Andhra Pradesh. The fact is that the State of Andhra Pradesh was not the petitioner. Therefore, the writ petition was not maintainable in law. The Chief Conservator of Forests as the petitioner can neither be treated as the State of Andhra Pradesh nor can it be a case of misdescription of the State of Andhra Pradesh. The fact is that the State of Andhra Pradesh was not the petitioner. Therefore, the writ petition was not maintainable in law. The High Court, had it deemed fit so to do, would have added the State of Andhra Pradesh as a party however, it proceeded, in our view erroneously, as if the State of Andhra Pradesh was the petitioner which, as a matter of act, was not the case and could not have been treated as such. As the writ petition itself was not maintainable, it follows as a corollary that the appeal by the Chief Conservator of Forests is also not maintainable. We are unable to accept the contention of Ms. Amreswari that merely because the concerned officer had obtained the permission of the Government to file an appeal, which is not a placed before us, the writ petition and the appeal should be treated as an appeal by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. The permission granted to the concerned authority might be a permission to file an appeal in his own name, contrary to law. It could only be a permission to file the appeal in the name of the State of Andhra Pradesh in accordance with provisions of the Constitution and the CPC. We may also record that in spite of the Pattedars taking objection to that effect at the earliest, no steps were taken to substitute or implead the State of Andhra Pradesh in the writ petition in the High Court or in the appeal in this Court. Para 14: Under the scheme of the Constitution, Art. 131 confers original jurisdiction on the Supreme Court in regard to a dispute between two states of the Union of India or between one or more States and the Union of India. It was not contemplated by the farmers of the Constitution or the CPC that two departments of a State or the Union of India will fight a litigation in a Court of law. It is neither appropriate nor permissible for two departments of a State or the Union of India to fight litigation in a Court of law. It was not contemplated by the farmers of the Constitution or the CPC that two departments of a State or the Union of India will fight a litigation in a Court of law. It is neither appropriate nor permissible for two departments of a State or the Union of India to fight litigation in a Court of law. Indeed, such a course cannot but be detrimental to the public interest as it also entails avoidable wastage of public money and time. Various departments of the Government are its limbs and, therefore, they must act in co-ordination and not in confrontation. Filing of a writ petition by one department against the other by invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of the High Court is not only against the propriety and policy as its smacks of indiscipline but is also contrary to the basic concept of law which requires that for suing or being sued, there must be neither a natural or a juristic person. The States/Union of India must evolve a mechanism to set at rest all inter-departmental controversies at the level of the Government and such matters should not be carried to a Court of law for resolution of the controversy. In the case of disputes between public sector undertaking and Union of India, this Court in oil & Natural Gas Commission vs. Collector of Central Excise, 1992 Suppl. (2) SCC 432 called upon the Cabinet Secretary to handle such matters. In Oil & Natural Gas Commission and Anr. vs. Collector of Central Excise, 1995 Suppl. (4) SCC 541, this Court directed the Central Government to set up a committee consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Industry, the Bureau of Public Enterprises and the Ministry of Law, to monitor disputes between Ministry and Ministry of the Government of India, Ministry and public sector undertakings of the Government of India and public sector undertaking in between themselves, to ensure that no litigation comes to Court or to a Tribunal without the matter having been first examined by the Committee and its clearance for litigation. The Government may include a representative of the Ministry concerned in a specific case and one from the Ministry of Finance in the Committee. Senior officers only should be nominated so that the Committee would function with status, control and discipline. The Government may include a representative of the Ministry concerned in a specific case and one from the Ministry of Finance in the Committee. Senior officers only should be nominated so that the Committee would function with status, control and discipline. 6- mDr n`"Vkar ls ;g Li"V gS fd ,d gh jkT; ljdkj ds nks foHkkxksa esa dksbZ fookn fcUnq gks rks dksbZ Hkh okn@vihy U;k;ky; esa la/kkj.k ;ksX; ugha gS cfYd ,sls fookn fcUnq dks jkT; Lrj ij xfBr lfefr ds }kjk gh fuLrkfjr fd;k tkuk pkfg;sA jkT; ljdkj ds Lrj ij eq[; lfpo dh v/;{krk esa ,slh lfefr dk xBu fd;k gqvk Hkh gS ftlesa varfoZHkkxh; fooknksa dk fuLrkj.k djus dk izko/kku j[kk x;k gS rFkk bl lfefr esa lacaf/kr foHkkxksa ds izeq[k 'kklu lfpo dks lnL; ukfer fd;k gqvk gSA 7- gLrxr izdj.k Hkh jkT; ljdkj ds nks foHkkxksa rFkk ou foHkkx ,oa iqfyl foHkkx ds e/; fookfnr Hkwfe dks ysdj gSA ,d rjQ iqfyl foHkkx dks ;g fookfnr Hkwfe ftyk dysDVj }kjk vkoafVr dh xbZ gS ftl ij iqfyl Fkkuk dk fuekZ.k fd;k tk pqdk gS rFkk nwljh rjQ ou foHkkx bl ij Lo;a dk vkf/kiR; ekudj iqfyl foHkkx dk dCtk gVkus dh dk;Zokgh dj jgk gS ftl ij iqfyl foHkkx }kjk lgk;d dysDVj] pkSewa ds U;k;ky; esa jktLo dk'rdkjh vf/kfu;e] 1955 dh /kkjk 188 ds vUrxZr LFkkbZ vkns'k dk nkok izLrqr fd;k x;k tcfd mUgsa bl fookn ds fuiVkjs ds fy, Lo;a ds foHkkxk/;{k ds ek/;e ls mDr lfefr ds le{k j[kuk pkfg;s FkkA 8- orZeku esa lgk;d dysDVj] pkSewa ds }kjk muds le{k okn dk fu.kZ; iqfyl foHkkx ds i{k esa dj fn;k x;k rFkk ou foHkkx ds }kjk jktLo vihy izkf/kdkjh ds le{k izLrqr dh xbZ vihy dks [kkfjt dj nsus ds ckn ou foHkkx }kjk ;g f}rh; vihy jktLo e.My esa o"kZ 2003 esa izLrqr dh xbZ] tks fiNys 8 o"kksZ ls yafcr gSA bl izdkj nksuksa foHkkx fiNys 13 o"kksZ ls U;k;ky; esa fookn esa my>dj le; ,oa /ku dk viO;; dj jgs gS] ftls fdlh Hkh izdkj ls mfpr ugha dgk tk ldrkA 9- vr% ekuuh; mPpre U;k;ky; }kjk izfrikfnr fl)kar ds en~nsutj jkT; ljdkj ls nks foHkkxksa ds e/; dksbZ Hkh okn ;k vihy la/kkj.k ;ksX; u gksus ls ;g vihy [kkfjt dh tkrh gSA lkFk gh lgk;d dysDVj] pkSeaw ds fu.kZ; fnukad 8-9-1999 ,oa jktLo vihy izkf/kdkjh ds fu.kZ; ,oa fMØh fnukad 23-11-2002 Hkh izkjEHkr% la/kkj.k ;ksX; ugha gksus ls [kkfjt fd;s tkrs gS rFkk nksuksa foHkkxksa dks jktdh; vf/koDrk ds ek/;e ls funsZf'kr fd;k tkrk gS fd ;fn muds e/; vHkh Hkh dksbZ fookn fcUnq gks rks vius foHkkxk/;{k ds ek/;e ls varfoZHkkxh; lfefr ds le{k j[kokdj fookn dk fuLrkj.k djok;saA bl vkns'k dh ,d-,d izfr eq[; lfpo] jktLFkku ljdkj] izeq[k 'kklu lfpo] jktLo rFkk ekuuh; v/;{k] jktLo e.My jktLFkku vtesj dks Hkh izsf"kr dh tkos ftlls muds Lrj ij lHkh foHkkxksa dks iqu% funsZf'kr fd;k tk lds fd varfoZHkkxh; fookfnr izdj.k pkgs og Hkwfe ds LokfeRo ds lEcU/k esa Hkh D;ksa u gks ds lEcU/k esa fdlh Hkh U;k;ky; esa okn izLrqr u fd;k tkdj varfoZHkkxh; lfefr ds le{k gh fuLrkj.k gsrq izLrqr fd;s tkosaA 19- fu.kZ; [kqys U;k;ky; esa lquk;k x;kA