TMI Blog2010 (1) TMI 481X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Shukla, JJ. Shri P.R. Thakkar, for the Petitioner. Ms. Suman Khare, for the Respondent. [Judgment per : K.A. Puj, J.(Oral)]. - The Petitioner has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a direction to the Respondents to bring all original records (i.e. show-cause notices, adjudication order thereof etc.) of given information including whatsoever rules of granting award reward to this court and true copies thereof to the petitioner. 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 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... denied the benefit of reward to the petitioner. He has therefore submitted that the prayers made in the present petition are required to be granted. 4. Mr. Thakkar has also claimed the reward award on the basis of the doctrine of promissory estoppels. In support of this he has relied upon the decision of the Hon'ble Apex Court in the case of Union of India v. R. Padmanabhan, 2003 (156) E.L.T. 625 (S.C.) = (2003) 7 SCC 270 and in the case of Union of India v. C. Krishna 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 an ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Even the judgments relied upon by Mr. Thakkar do not render any assistance. On the contrary the observations made therein are contrary to the claim made by the petitioner. In the case of Union of India Others v. C. Krishna Reddy (supra), the court has observed that; "The High Court in writ jurisdiction cannot examine or weigh the various factors which have to be taken into consideration while deciding a claim regarding grant of reward. These are matters exclusively 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 rewa ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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