0gtM/ IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR wmr PEImON (C) No. ég é / 2011 IN THE MATTER OF: PETITIONER § VERSUS RESPONDENTS / T. / M/s lndus Smelters Ltd.. A company duly registered under the Companies Act, 1956, having its Registered office at‘205; Samta Colony, Main Road, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Through its Director, Lalit Kumar Singhania, S/o Late Shn' N.L. Singhania, Aged about 57 years, R/o 28, Coilege Road, Choubey Colony, Raipur, Chhattisgarh State of Chhattisgarh, Ministry of Mineral Resources, Through its Secretary, D.K.S. Bhavan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Union of india, Through its Secretary, Ministry of Mineral Resources, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA B : Hon’ble Shri Manindra Moh S a 03-02-2011 Shri Ankit SinghaL counsel fo the petitioner. S J. hrivastava. Shri Arun Sao, Government Advocate for the State/respondent No.1 on advance copy. Shri Raghvendra Pradhan, copy. The limited grievance raised y the petitioner in this petition is that the matter relating to grant of prospecti e license on petitioner‘s appiication, has remained pending before the Stat Government for the last more than 8 months, since the order was passe by the Tribunal in revision on 19/5/2010 whereby earlier order of the State overnment was set aside and the matter was remanded back to consider af Learned counsel for the petiti ner submits that the petitioner has been approaching the State Governm nt and in the first round, the State Government had taken almost sev n years to decide his application. He further submits that after remand, n proceedings have been drawn nor any notices have been issued to other p rties‘ Considering the nature of g ievance which has been raised by the petitioner, in the interest of justice, it would be proper to hnally dispose off this unsel for respondent No.2 on advance petition, with a direction to respondeLt No.1 to decide petitioner’s application. Accordingly, it is directed that the matter relating to grant of prospective license shall be decide by the $tate Government expeditiously and without undue delay. r With the aforesaid observatioéts, the petition is finally disposed off. Sd/— Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Judge r