2014 (5) TMI 1163

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....Respondent :- C.S.C. JUDGMENT: The petitioner seeks in these proceedings under Article 226 of the Constitution a money decree for the payment of an amount of Rs..3,50,000/- with interest at 18 % per annum for the work performed under a contract of the year 2000-01. This is a purely contractual matter and we are not inclined to entertain a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution in ....

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....erms of a contract or alleged breach have to be settled by the ordinary principles of law of contract. The Supreme Court further observed that even if a Statute expressly or impliedly confers powers on a statutory body to enter into a contract in order to enable it to discharge its functions, such an activity will not raise any issue of public law. The contract between the parties would remain in ....

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....e also unable to agree with the observation of the High Court that since the obligations imposed by the contract on the contracting parties come within the purview of the Contract Act, that would not make the contract statutory. Clearly, the High Court fell into an error in coming to the conclusion that the contract in question was statutory in nature. 11. A statute may expressly or impliedly c....

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.... been shown how the contract is statutory. The contract between the parties is in the realm of private law. It is not a statutory contract. The disputes relating to interpretation of the terms and conditions of such a contract could not have been agitated in a petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. That is a matter for adjudication by a civil court or in arbitration if provided f....