Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 10513 Raj
Judgement Date : 7 December, 2023
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN
AT JODHPUR
S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 11333/2023
Narendra Pal Talesara S/o Shri Bhura Lal Talesara, Aged About
65 Years, R/o Nathdwara Road, Banediya, Tehsil Railmagra,
District Rajsamand, Rajasthan.
----Petitioner
Versus
1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through The Principal Secretary,
Mines Department, Government Of Rajasthan,
Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan.
2. The Joint Secretary, Mines Department, Government Of
Rajasthan (Group-Ii) Secretariat, Jaipur.
3. The Director, Mines And Geology Department,
Government Of Rajasthan, Khanij Bhawan, Udaipur,
Rajasthan.
4. The Additional Director, Mines And Geology Department,
Government Of Rajasthan, Khanij Bhawan, Udaipur,
Rajasthan.
5. Mining Engineer, The Office Of Mining Engineer,
Rajsamand, Group Ii, Rajsamand.
----Respondents
For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sajjan Singh.
Mr. Manvendra Singh with Saumya
Chowdhary & Mr. Vikram Singh.
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Digvijay Singh, AGC.
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINIT KUMAR MATHUR
Order
07/12/2023
Heard learned counsel for the parties.
The present writ petition has been filed for the following
reliefs:-
A. "By an appropriate writ, order or direction, any order passed by the respondents denying the
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allotment of mining lease to the petitioner, may kindly be quashed and set -aside.
B. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, orders dated 10.05.2016 (Annex.05) and 03.07.2019 (Annex.01) passed by the respondent authority, may kindly be quashed and set aside.
C. By an appropriate writ, order or direction, order dated 20.05.2013 (Annex.04) passed by the respondent authority, may kindly be quashed and set aside.
D. By an appropriate writ, order, or direction, the respondent authority may kindly be directed to decide the case of the petitioner on merit.
E. By an appropriate writ, order, or direction, the respondent authority may kindly be directed to condone the delay in renewing the lease agreement of the petitioner while considering his prevailing medical condition".
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the
controversy involved in the present case is squarely covered by a
judgment of this Court dated 06.11.2017 delivered in S.B. Civil
Writ Petition No.14717/2016 (M/s Sojat Lime Company Vs. State
of Rajasthan & Ors.).
Learned counsel for the respondents is not in a position to
refute the submission made by the learned counsel for the
petitioner.
Thus, the writ petition is allowed. The impugned orders
dated 20.05.2013(Annex.4), 10.05.2016(Annex.5) &
03.07.2019(Annex.01) are quashed and set aside.
The petitioner shall be allowed to proceed with the mining
subject to his deposition of the balance amount along with the
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penalty etc. as calculated by the respondents authority in terms of
the Rules prevailing on the subject. The said amount shall be
determined within one month from today and the petitioner shall
deposit the said amount within one month thereafter.
(VINIT KUMAR MATHUR),J 368-AnilSingh/-
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