IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA CWJC No.18354 of 2011 M/S R.P.STONE WORKS, THROUGH ITS PROPRIETOR MANOJ KUMAR SINGH, S/O RAM PRAVESH SINGH, R/O MOHALLA-G.T. ROAD, MORE, SASARAM, P.S. SASARAM, DISTT. GAYA ………….Petitioner Versus 1. THE STATE OF BIHAR 2. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, MINES AND GEOLOGY, BIHAR, PATNA 3. THE DISTRICT MAGISTRATE, ROHTAS 4. THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, MINES & GEOLOGY, ROHTAS ………….Respondents ----------- For the Petitioner : Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, Adv. For the State : Mr. V.M.K. Sinha, AAG-13. ----------- 2. 19.10.2011 Heard the parties. This petition has been filed with a prayer for quashing the order dated 10.09.2011 issued by the Assistant Director of Mining and Geology citing violation of the provisions of Bihar Mineral (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage) Rules, 2003. Learned counsel for the petitioner invites attention to the order of cancellation as contained in letter no. 933 dated 10.09.2011 (Annexure-1) which has been passed with reference to the earlier letter no. 549 dated 11.07.2011. He submits that this referred letter is in the nature of a show cause notice for the alleged default in making payment of Rs. 4,57,029/- which however, has since been paid by bank draft dated 10.08.2011 of I.C.I.C.I. Bank, Sasaram. All these facts have been placed before the concerned authority in terms of the petitioner’s letters contained in Annexures-2 to 4, but despite all these facts having been brought on record, the impugned cancellation order in Annexure-1 has been passed without assigning any valid reasons. Moreover, Annexure-1 is a non-speaking order passed in a typical and standard format without affording any reason raising serious doubts about due application of mind. In the above view of the matter, this court is of the opinion that the cancellation order in letter no. 933 dated 10.09.2011 (Annexure-1) cannot be sustained and as such the same is quashed with a direction to the concerned respondents to pass fresh orders after taking into consideration the representation dated 08.09.2011 filed by the petitioner (Annexure-3). With the above observations, the writ petition is disposed of. Fahad. ( Vikash Jain, J. )