WPMS No. 917 of 2011 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala, J. Mr. J.C. Karnatak, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. H.M. Raturi, Standing Counsel for the State. The petitioner contends that he is unable to apply for grant of mining lease pursuant to the advertisement dated 13th April, 2011 issued by the office of the District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar on account of the fact that necessary formalities were required to be completed which could not be done because the Patwaries were on strike and, therefore, has filed the present writ petition praying that the period for submitting the application should be extended by a reasonable period. The period to extend the time is not in the domain of a writ jurisdiction. Such time can only be extended by the granting authority. The mere fact that the petitioner was not able to comply with the terms and conditions on account of unforeseen events will not make the advertisement illegal or the period so granted ineffective. Consequently, in the absence of any illegality being made in the advertisement, the prayer of the petitioner, being devoid of merit, cannot be entertained. The writ petition is dismissed. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated 12.05.2011 Shiv