IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.12392 of 2011 M/S Siya Ram Stone Works Through Its Proprietor Siya Ram Singh S/O Late Ram Prasad Singh R/O Vill.- Rafiganj, P.S.- Rafiganj, Distt.- Aurangabad Versus 1. The State Of Bihar 2. The Mines Commissioner, Govt. Of Bihar Office Situated At 'Vikas Bhawan', Bailey Road, P.S.- Shastrinagar, Distt.- Patna 3. The Collector, Aurangabad 4. The Mineral Development Officer, Aurangabad ---------------------------------- 4. 16/09/2011. Heard learned counsel for the parties. The petitioner prays for setting aside letter no. 482 dated 8.9.2009, issued by respondent no.4 whereby he has been informed that his Licence has been cancelled by the Collector, Aurangabad. Petitioner was granted Stone Storage licence in Rafiganj of Aurangabad district for 20 years being the highest bidder with an offer of Rs. 3,50,000/-. The bid amount was to be deposited in 7 equal instalments towards end of December. Thereafter he was to pay licence fee of Rs. 5000/-per year in the remaining 13 years. The petitioner paid the first instalment in time but failed to make payment from 2005 onwards. Consequently, his licence was cancelled by the Collector, Aurangabad on 23.7.2009. The petitioner submits that the aforesaid order was communicated to him only on 26. 2010. The 2 petitioner thereafter filed a revision before the learned Commissioner being Revision case no. 4 of 2011 on 8.3.2011 after delay of about 4 months. The petitioner submits that he is willing to deposit the entire instalment dues with 24 % interest in one go within a month. He further submit that revision application has been dismissed on technical point that the same was filed beyond the period of 30 days. As the petitioner agrees to pay the entire instalment dues with 24% interest, as provided in the Bihar Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2003, I remit the matter to the Mines Commissioner, Government of Bihar, Patna, respondent no. 2. In case, the petitioner files an application for condonation of delay, the learned Commissioner would consider it sympathetically. With the aforesaid observations, this writ petition is disposed of. Shashi. (Samarendra Pratap Singh,J.)