1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR. WRIT PETITION NO. 4182 OF 2007 (Suresh Padmashali .v. State of Maharashtra and others) Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram appearances, Court's orders or directions Court's or Judge's Orders and Registrar's orders. CORAM : D.D. SINHA AND PRASANNA B. VARALE, JJ. 10TH SEPTEMBER, 2008 Heard Shri N.D. Thombre, the learned Counsel for the petitioner, Shri N.W. Sambre, the learned GP for the respondent Nos.1 to 3 and Shri Sunil Manohar, the learned Counsel for the respondent No.5. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition is in respect of allotment of mining lease of iron ore in Gadchiroli district. It is contended that the rate of the iron ore in the open market is about Rs.25,000/- per tonne; whereas the State Government allotted the contract of mining lease for iron ore at the rate of Rs.11/- to Rs.27/- per tonne to the respondent/Company and, therefore, it is the case of the petitioner that there is tremendous loss of revenue to the government. During the course of argument, it is revealed that the grievance is not in respect of the rate of iron ore per tonne but it is in respect of the royalty which is paid 2 by the respondent/Company to the government. It is not in dispute that the State Government does not sale the iron ore to the company, it is only the lease hold rights are allotted to the respondent/Company for extracting iron ore. As per the procedure prescribed under the Mines and Minerals (Regulations and Development) Act, 1957, after extraction of iron ore, the Company has to pay the royalty to the State Government for per metric tonne. It is also not in dispute that the company after extracting the iron ore shall pay the royalty as stipulated under the provisions of the said Act. In the backdrop of the above referred facts, we are of the view that the grievance of the petitioner is unfounded. Hence, no case is made out for showing any indulgence. Writ Petition is dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE *rrg.