CITATION:
1990 SCC Supl. 673
ACT:
Constitution of lndia, 1950 Article 299-Contracts to be
made in the name of President/Governor-Requirement based ... High Court, in revision, held that no
contract in conformity with Article 299(1) of the
Constitution, had been entered into.
It was inter alia
there was no binding contract in view of the breach of Article 299 of the Constitution. In the alternative, the second point taken is that ... even if the requirements of Article 299 of the Constitution had been complied with, the plaintiffs had by withdrawal of the amount
plea questioning the validity of the contract because the provisions of Article 299(1) of the Constitution had not been complied with. The learned Addl ... such plea in the written statements alleging the non-compliance of Article 299(1).
7. In the appeal filed by the Union of India
sand (Bajri) from Rameshwar Ghat, was a contract in conformity with Article 299(1) of the Constitution and, therefore, a valid and binding contract came ... valid or enforceable on the ground of non-compliance of Article 299(1) the Mining Engineer was not a person duly authorised to enter into
SCALE (1)690
ACT:
Constitution of India 1950, Article 299(1) Condition to
be satisfied before a binding contract between the Union or
State comes ... contracts which are
statutory in nature-Existence of distinction indicated-
Article 299(1) inapplicable when Union or State enters into
a contract which is statutory
that there being no valid contract executed by the petitioner under Article 299 of the Constitution, there was no enforceable contract between the petitioner ... article useless, for then a person having a contract with Government which was not executed at all in the manner provided in Article 299
State of Rajasthan is accordance with the requirements of
Article 299 of the Constitution. It is just a commercial
contract under which an officer ... State of Rajasthan in
accordance with the requirements of Article 299 of the
Constitution. It is just a commercial contract under which
an officer
fixed under Clause 8 of the licence-deed by reason of Article 299(1) of the Constitution. Lastly, the provisional rent as fixed
contemplation of the framers of the Constitution when they adopted Article 131 of the Constitution.
13. In the instant case the legal right ... State of Rajasthan in accordance with the requirements of Article 299 of the Constitution, it is just a commercial contract under which an officer
299, (1983) REVDEC 301
Bench: A.P. Sen , E.S. Venkataramiah , R.B. Misra
ORDER
1. By order dated May 6, 1981 this Court issued ... notice on this petition under Article 32 of the Constitution to the State Government of Uttar Pradesh as well as the U.P. State Electricity
