Kapilaben vs Ashok Kumar Jayantilal Sheth Through ... on 25 November, 2019
there cannot be waiver of any of the provisions of the
Authorization Agreement nor consent for departure by any of
the parties unless the same is in writing and signed it is not
valid. He submits that the particular action of the respondents
in straightaway issuing this notice is contrary to the said
Agreement. He also relied on clause 11.2(h) of Article 11 and
submits that the rights and interest of the petitioner in the
project will pass to Respondents 2 to 4 after the transfer date
which is on completion of the authorization period. Hence, it is
submitted that the obligation of the parties to the agreement will
be entangled between the parties and cannot be either
transferred or assigned and cannot be transferred in a manner
unknown to law. Learned Senior Counsel relying on the
judgment of the Apex Court in Kapilaben v. Ashok Kumar
Jyantilal Sheth Trough PoaGophalbhai Madhusudan Patel1
submits that the letter impugned in the Writ Petition is not only
in violation of the Agreement but also unethical for the reason
that the 5th respondent who is holding the post of Additional
Commissioner (Advertisements), GHMC is also holding the post
of The Director, Enforcement Vigilance and Disaster
Management and he has levied several challans to the FOBs.
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2019 SCC Online SC 1512
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alleging the advertisement on the FOBs. as illegal in spite of the
fact that the petitioner is having Authorization Agreement
granted by Respondents 2 to 4. It is submitted that the 5th
respondent was so prejudiced against the petitioner and started
issuing challans on daily basis. The petitioner has challenged
the said challans issued by the 5th respondent by filing several
Writ Petitions before this Court. He submits that in spite of the
categorical findings of the Hon'ble High Court, the 5th
respondent is still continuing to issue challans on the very same
ground. He submits that the action of the 2nd respondent in
transferring / assigning the project FOBs. to the 5th respondent
is completely in violation of the procedural impropriety where
the decision-making authority has failed in its duty to act fairly.
It is submitted that by the impugned proceedings, the
Authorization Agreement is virtually being transferred to the 5th
respondent and the same amounts to novation, hence, the
petitioner has come before this Court.