Supreme Court of India
M/s. Awadhesh Singh Gautam v. State of Chhattisgarh
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What the Court ordered
For the foregoing reasons, the recovery order dated 27.09.2025 cannot be sustained in law and is quashed and set aside.
Judgment, page 18
In brief
The appellant partnership firm was awarded two road contracts by the Chhattisgarh Rural Road Development Agency in January 2023 ("earlier works") and, subsequently, three PMGSY packages under work orders of 01.09.2023 and 05.11.2024. A Collector-appointed committee reported on 09.01.2024 that, against payments of about Rs.3.55 crore on the earlier works, only about Rs.1.55 crore of work had actually been executed, disclosing an excess payment of Rs.2,01,06,117/-; a demand note under Section 146 of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code was later quashed by the High Court for want of hearing, and an FIR and chargesheet followed against the firm's partner and CGRRDA officers.…
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