PATNA, India, Sept. 17 -- Patna High Court issued the following judgment on Aug. 18:
1. The petitioner has filed the instant application for the following reliefs:
"(i) For issuing a writ preferably in the nature of certiorari for quashing the order/direction as contained in Memo No. 24 dated 08.01.2018 with regard to the petitioner, whereby and where under pursuant to the objection made by Auditor General (Audit) vide Objection No. RS-V/17-18/9 dated 28.12.2017, the Respondent No. 2 has directed the petitioner to deposit a total amount of Rs. 25,60,000/-(Rupees Twenty Five Lakh Sixty Thousand only) i.e. Rs. 5,000/- per vehicle, for breaking the serial of the registration number and allotting 512 vehicles the choice number from the Dealer point and further for any other relief/reliefs to which the petitioner is found entitled in the facts and circumstances of the case."
2. The short facts of the case are that the petitioner is a dealer of Hero Motocorp Limited, operating under the name and style of M/s Mangal Motors, a partnership firm situated at Balua Tal, Motihari in the district of East Champaran. It is submitted that one of the partners is Ashok Kumar Singh (the petitioner) and the other partner is his brother, Birendra Prasad Singh.
3. It is further submitted that the petitioner-firm appointed seven sub-dealers within the district of East Champaran, under the dealership granted by Hero Motocorp Limited. These sub-dealers operated within a radius of 30- 60 kilometers from the petitioner's principal place of business, and all vehicles supplied to these sub- dealers are routed through the petitioner. Necessary services, including registration processes, are also handled by the petitioner for these sub-dealers. The details of the sub-dealers are mentioned in the Writ petition as follows:
The rest of the document can be viewed at https://patnahighcourt.gov.in/viewjudgment/MTUjNTA1NyMyMDE4IzEjTg==-BUbFZFHt01w=
Disclaimer: Curated by HT Syndication.
