The State government has to take care that that proper constructions are made under any scheme which involves public money, so that it is not misused by contractors, and engineers who approve shoddy constructions are brought to book without delay, said the High Court of Karnataka.
The court made these observations while pointing out that the court, in a plethora of cases, had come across contractors undertaking shoddy constructions particularly of low-income group and mid-income group houses, and in certain cases in high-income group houses under public projects.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna made the observation while rejecting a petition filed by Mysuru-based M/s PG Setty Construction Technology Pvt. Ltd. The company had questioned the action of the Karnataka State Police Housing and Infrastructure Development Corporation in encashing bank guarantee of ₹1.15 crore for shoddy work of construction of police residential quarters by the company in Mandya and Chamarajanagar districts.
