IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.16514 of 2008 AJAY KUMAR SINGH, son of Baij Nath Singh, At & P.O. Kanchanpur, P.S. Sasaram, Dist. Rohtas ….. Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR through its Chief Secretary, Old Secretariat, Patna 2. The Principal Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology, Government of Bihar, New Secretariat, Patna 3. The Collector, Rohtas 4. The Assistant Mining Director, Mineral, Department of mines and Geology, District-Rohtas ……………………… Respondents. ----------- For the petitioner : M/S Shashi Anugrah Narayan, Sr. Advocate & Jai Prakash Singh, Advocate For the Respondent:- Mr. V.M.K.Sinha, Spl. P.P., Mines. ----------- 2. 02.12.2008 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Special P.P. Mines. The only relief pressed by learned counsel for the petitioner is that the application for renewal of mining lease for minor minerals filed by the petitioner on 25.8.2008 has been kept pending without passing any final order thereon by the Collector,Rohtas, Sasaram. Learned counsel for the Mines Department sought to argue the matter on the basis of the recent amendments brought about by the notification dated 27.3.2008 of the State Government by which the provisions as contained in Rule 22A (1), (2) and (3) of the Bihar Minor Mineral Concession Rules for renewal of quarry leases have been deleted. In view of the fact that learned counsel for the petitioner has confined his prayer only to the issue of decision by the - 2 - Collector on his renewal application for mining lease, the matter is disposed of with a direction to the Collector, Rohtas to consider and dispose of the application for renewal filed by the petitioner in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt/production of a copy of this order. S.Pandey (Ramesh Kumar Datta, J.)