% HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR w.P.(C) No. 1283 of2011 Rajkumar Tiwari, Slo Shri Nand Kumar Tiwari, Aged about 37 years, Occupation — Business, R/o Village Adbhar, Tahsil — Sakti, District — Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) PETITIONER Versus RESPONDENTS 1 State of Chhattisgarh, Through: its Secretary, Mining Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) The Collector (Mining), Janjgir- Champa, .District- Janjgir—Champa (Chhattisgarh) 3 The Mining Officer, Janjgir- Champa, District — Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF ' INDIA t Appearance : Mr. Santosh Kumar Tiwari, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Shashank Thakur, Panel Lawyer for the State/respondents. ORAL ORDE (08.03.201 1) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Heard finally with the consent of learned counsel for the parties. Petitioner- Rajkumar Tiwari applied for grant of mining lease for lime-stone by application dated 28.6.2008. The said application was dismissed by the competent authority on 7.10.2008. The petitioner, being aggrieved with the said order,‘ filed an appeal before the Director, Geology & Mining, Chhattisgarh, under sub-rule (2) of Rule 57 of Chhattisgarh Miner Mineral Rules, 1996. The said appeal was allowed by the Appellate Authority by order dated 4‘“ of December, 2009 (Annexure- P/1). The Appellate Authority set-aside the order dated 7.10.2008 passed by the concerned Collector and remanded the matter to the concerned Collector for disposal of the application tiled by the petitioner for grant of l l l R 2 W.P.§C)No. 1288 of 2011 @7 mining lease on merits within a period of 90 days after giving due opponunity 'of hearing to ihe petitioner. Mr. Tiwari submits that though the remand order was passed on 4‘“ of December, 2009 and it was directed that the Collector shall take a decision within 90 days, but no decision has been taken till date. He prays that a direction may be issued to the concerned Collector to dispose of the application of the petitioner in accordance with the directions contained in remand order dated 4‘“ of December, 2009 passed W by the Appellate Authority. This prayer is not opposed by learned counsel for the respondents. . In View. of 'the above, it is directed that the concerned Collector shall dispose of the application filed by the petitioner as per remand order dated 4‘“ of December, 2009 passed by the Appellate Authority as early as possible preferably within a period of one month from the date of tiling of the certified copy of this order before him. With the above observations/directions, the petition stands finally disposed of. -‘// Swine There shall be no order as to cost. /// gdl— W w 3“dge vatti