.. .5^;^^(j^ sS^'sf^S^^""" p?ess<u"-" ' ^h"1"^" »s ^'w"" IN THE HIGHCOURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITIO^O. '^R'l^ OF 2011 Chopda Minerals, Proprietor Smt. Pritee Chopda, o>yc) v]oa^ b^ y.w^ W/o Ajay Chopda, Ward No. 31, Ba^rsantpur Thana, Sadar Bazar, Rajnandgaon (C.G.) ...PETITIONER VERSUS 1. " State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Principal Secretary, Mineral Resources Department, Mantralay D.K. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2. " The Collector, Rajnandgaon District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) ...RESPONDENTS WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 AND 227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA i vff'S3§!S>, 9 1 •;'te22iS®^J X1-HC-22 Tsg •^l'illd'il, ssflly'is. faoii'My sn^T^ra? ^^.M.P:...(D-^^l ^^ET' sn^i^i W* S^f sh^fict? -^^<i SB : Hon'bie Shri Manindra Mohan 28-04-2011 ynn K.b.jaiswai. senior aavo' courisei for me petitioner. ynri Arun tiao, Uovernment Ad' 1 his petition nas Deen niea Dy •tii'i|td41-f 'V^V^ fec^ <hw< ^siPgiian^i nnvustava, 4, application for arant of mining lease,I application as back on 281V21M. Learned counsel for the petitit ;ate aiong wim snri vogesn i^anaev, /ocate for the State/resDonaents. me petmoner ventilating gnevance, on account ot inaction of the respona^nt / State in not aeciasng petiiioners lor which the petitioner had submitted a ner suDmits tnat tnougn tne petrtioner appiied for grant of mining iease for ejxtraction of soap stone, over an area of 38 heciares, as back as on 28/12104, on one pretext or the other, the application or the petitioner has rem^inea pending wrtr.out any aecssion. Me submits that the appiication itself w^s kept at the levei of the Coliector for fairiy iong time after which, it was fohvarded to the State Government. The State Government has also not deciaifed petitioner's representation. viae letter dated 23/11/10 ('Annexure P/10), he Detitioner was inrormea mat tne apDiication of the petitioner couict no? De aeciaea on account OT penaency OT two revision petitlons beTore tne l ni Know tnat tne aroresaia mo revisioil Ninina Tribunai on 22/2/11, whi< bunal. The petjtioner later on, came to Detitions have been dismissed by the ;h was communicated to the State Govemment vide communication dtted 31/3/11. Thereafter, the petltioner again represented the State Govei application for grant of mining leas suDmrts mat ine manner in wnicn •nment ror expeaitious disposai OT nis e. Learnea counsei ror me Detrtioner ihe aDDlication has been kept penciinQ without aecision, tne responaent a|L!inonties are not inciinea 10 taKe any dscision on petitioner's application ai|id therefore, the petitioner is constrained [Tft^'sWi i:ti T y /) XI-HC-22 i!/ S ^ii«*a^ 'ysi •smKfsi. '^ifrms. r«i<niyli< •41MMT^tflcti siT^T^Rra? ..&L.i&)..l^..:...?^^l» ra? WI 2c fe^T' 3(1^1 ^iT h-u* 3^w sft^licb ^^f Despts <ffl^(TOiwaf?a "? reast>n to aDproach this Court for expeditious minina lease in accoraance wnn Concession Kuies, laeu. The letter dated 23/11/10 ("Ani shows that the main o,oerative pemionei- was pendencv of two revisK Letter dated 31/3m shows that the dismissed. Thererore, there does not responaents tneretore, are o&liged to| petinoners appiication ror grant or min| in tnese circumstances, l conl No.l to aecide peftioners aDplicationi in respect of 3B hectares or lanci ror ef: dateci zs/T^/U4 exDeaitiousiv ana tne aforesaid obsewationS Idisposai or his application, ror grant or tne Drovisions containea in iviinerai qilllCT'ill 'qFRlf'? 'fe'^t tFslt^K ^ sipgq SD^I lexure P/iu) of tne State uovemment Tor Keepina tne appiieaflon or tne )n petitions DeTore the Mining i riDunal. Itwo revision Detitions nave now Deen tppear to De anv impeaiment now. ~i ne ItaKe decision one wav or tne otner on |ng lease. iiaer it sxpedient to direct responaem for mining lease as aDDl'ed for bv him, xtraction OT soap sione viae aDDiication >ut unaue aelav. me Detition is finaiiy disposed off. Sd/- Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Judge [^^33