TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
2005 (11) TMI 50
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....ent petition is an interesting one. It is Union of India v. Union of India. We do not know who is fighting and against whom. It is said that learned counsel appearing for the Union of India and opposed by another counsel representing the Union of India is not aware of the Supreme Court's judgments namely Oil and Natural Gas Commission v. Collector of Central Excise [1995] Supp 4 SCC 541 followed s....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....n. 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. 4. It shall be the obligation of every court and every Tribunal where such a dispute is raised hereafter to demand a clearance from the C....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
.... Finance. The decision taken by such a Committee shall be binding on all the Departments concerned and shall be the stand of the Government. 15. 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 con....
X X X X Extracts X X X X
X X X X Extracts X X X X
....s the petitioner which, as a matter of fact, 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....