t , a t g e aa la a Shri D S Surana Advocate General With Shri Sumesh Bajaj, Govt Advocate ‘ ' ta e inVItd for personal hearing on 24‘“ June 200 However fro perusal of e 1 m para-3 of the said notice it would be evrdent that the respondet has already n f demded the issue against the petitioner and hearing is in fact post dectsmnal '. _ a _ The respondentlState has raised a peliminary objection With respect to maintainability of the petition ln the affdaVit fed by th State it has been i .t categoricaly stted that the State is not gomg to be Influenced ony on the ‘ >‘ basrs of observations contained in para-3 of the impgned notice and the, _ application for mining lease would be deCided strictly in accordance With law f r e r l e l a t u Considering the submissmns made by the respective parties the " H afford t one more pesonal hearing to the petitioner and while deciding the application : r of h e y HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH Air BILASPUR . S B HON’BLE SHRI DHIRENDRA MISHRA J Wnt Petltlon (c) No 2945 of 2010 M/s ESSAR Steel Chhatnsgarh Llmtted a company registered under the !ndlan Companies Act 1956 _ through its Auhorized Signatory Shrl Abhueet Bhattachrya sen of ShrISS Bhatacharya aged 53 years Occupatlon Serwce workmg as V‘ce Prestdent/ ’(Mmm) M/s Essar Stel Chhthsgm Limited a‘ V w .res1dent of Ft No 2303 A Klasm Twar Dr Nayyar Road Agrrpada Mumbar 400011 (MS) r ‘ Petitioner Versus ' Respondents \ I: ' Minerai Resources, DKS Bhawan Mantraiaya, Raipur. ’ i - State of Chh‘atisg‘arhthrough the Secretary Ministry of-i; t't , t Present Shrl Rajeev Shrivastava oounsel for the petmoner “ for the Ste ORAL ORDER \ (2"3 July, 201 0) y Grievance of the petitioner ts that the petitioner applied for mining lease ‘ , before the respondent Vide its application dated 27 1O 2005 (Annexure P12) 1 and the same is pending con5ideration The petitioner was served with a * ‘ show cause notice dated 11‘“ June 2010 (Annexure PM) whereby it has ben \r_ ‘ :after afording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner lt is also submitted r ' f - by leaned Advocate General that in response to the impugned notice the - i petitionr has already made his oral submisswn on 24"“ June 2010 Heard learned counsel for the parties: instant petition is dtsposed of With a direction to the respondent/Stat the petitioner te respondent shalt not be influnced only b the o d p3f‘th id f 1 d bservations mae in ara-‘0e mpugne notice o Annexure P1 an ecide the matter on its owh merits in accbrdance with iaw t p p i appear before the With the cansent of the arties, the etitio’ner shai oncerned authority on 6‘“ July, 2010 and he. shaii be afidrded an op’portuni hing. c _ ertified copy as per ruies. Dhirendra is d . c ty lof ear Mhra