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Jamshedpur Access should return Rs 37.50 lakh to contractors, otherwise 6 percent interest will have to be paid: Jharkhand High Court

Jamshedpur, Ashok Jha : Jharkhand High Court has ordered Jamshedpur Axis (JNAC) to return the security deposit within 60 days of the passing of the order to parking contractors Putul Pandey and Nishikant Singh in case of loss due to changing the parking area after the tender and not helping in collecting fees. Have given. If this is not done, interest at 6 percent per annum will be charged from the date of passing of the order till the date of payment. On September 19, a division bench of Ranchi High Court Chief Justice Sanjay Mishra and Justice Anand Sen filed a writ petition (No. 2156 / 2023 and 2160/2023), the order was reserved after hearing.

Now the division bench of Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court Justice Sanjay Mishra and Justice Anand Sen in its decision has asked Jamshedpur Access (JNAC) to return the safe deposit amount of Rs 29 lakh 35 thousand of parking contractor Nishikant Singh and Rs 8 lakh 15 thousand of Putul Pandey. . Jamshedpur Access will have to return Rs 37.50 lakh to both the contractors as security deposit. Advocates Akhilesh Srivastava, Ashok Jha and Manjari Sinha argued on behalf of the petitioners.

By filing a counter affidavit, Jamshedpur Axis admitted that the work was given to the petitioner. The petitioner was the successful bidder. Due to some difficulties and problem in movement, the parking lot area was shifted and a larger area was allotted.

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