2010 (1) TMI 481

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....titioner. The petitioner has also prayed for a direction to the respondents to declare and to grant appropriate award reward as promised, whatsoever it may be at this stage, to the the petitioner within stipulated time as this Hon'ble Court, may think just and proper. The petitioner was admitted and Rule was issued by this Court on,  23-8-1991 Affidavit in reply is filed on behalf of the Respondent on 8-9-2009, copy whereof is served to the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. 2. The short point involved in this petition is that despite certain information furnished by the petitioner, on the basis of which inquiry and investigation was made by the Respondent authorities and actions were taken under the relevant provisions o....

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....shna Reddy, [2004 (163) E.L.T. 4 (S.C.) = 2004 AIR SCW 89]. He has therefore submitted that the petition be allowed and appropriate direction be issued to the Respondent authorities to grant reward to the petitioner. 5. We have considered the submissions made by Mr. Thakkar and We have also gone through the averments made in the petition as well as the documents attached therewith. 6. From the pleadings made in the petition and on plain reading of the documents, which are place along with the petition, we are of the view that the information supplied by the petitioner are too vague and general. We are of the view that there was no promise ever given by the Respondent authorities. The letter which is referred to, only indicated that th....

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....sively within the domain of the authorities of the department as they alone can weigh and examine the usefulness of otherwise of the information given by the informer. In the writ petition filed by the respondent-claimant, no details had been given on the relevant issued. The reward cannot be claim as a matter of right. Thus no writ of mandamus can be issued by the High Court, commanding the Govt. to give a particular amount by ways of reward." 7. The Apex Court has also referred to its earlier decision in the case of Union of India v. R. Padmanabhan, [2003 (156) E.L.T. 625 (S.C.) = (2003) 7 JT (S.C.) 196]. It also deals with the same question and it was held therein that; Being ex gratia no right accrues to any sum as such till it is de....